Maxwell Norton lives in Atwater with his wife Diane who is a crop insurance agent. His mother’s family were farmers and he grew up on that farm.
Maxwell owns a cling peach and almond orchard near Salida and was a UC Farm Advisor for 36 years. Maxwell loves to play saxophone in jazz bands and has an interest in history; he does projects for the local historical society and serves on the Board of Directors of the historic Merced Theater.
Maxwell gives of his time and energy to CFT because of his belief that we need to work on very long term solutions to conserving prime farmland. He highly values the serious dedication of everyone involved with CFT.