Emily Norton (1997)

Emily Norton studied law at the University of Cambridge and qualified as a solicitor specialising in commercial law, before returning to the family farm via an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture from Harper Adams. Emily co-founded Nortons Dairy, her on-farm dairy processing business in 2007, and produces award-winning dairy products on farm. 

Emily is a graduate of the Challenge of Rural Leadership Course 2014, which gave her the boost to rekindle her career, and the Windsor Emerging Leaders programme in 2016. Since 2014, Emily has been combining her skills in leadership, business strategy, law and agriculture to engage in political research and policy thinking at the highest level of UK and EU law making.