About Us
Tournesol Farm is a family farm and homestead in Rockport, Maine, created with the dream of growing good food, caring for animals with compassion, and building a more sustainable way of living.
We believe farming should nourish people, respect nature, and bring community together. With a focus on regenerative practices, thoughtful efforts to reduce waste, and food grown with care, Tournesol is becoming a place where the land, the animals, and the people around us are all part of something meaningful.
Our Story
Our story begins with a deep love for food, family, animals, and the land. Tournesol Farm grew out of a shared dream to create a more grounded and meaningful way of living, one where good food is grown with care, animals are treated with compassion, and the land is respected for what it gives. As a family farm and homestead in Rockport, Maine, Tournesol is being built step by step through hard work, learning, and a commitment to creating something lasting. What started as a vision for a more sustainable life is growing into a place where food, nature, creativity, and community come together in a way that feels honest and deeply connected.
Our Mission
Tournesol Farm LLC is a regenerative family farm and homestead rooted in the belief that farming should care for people, animals, and the land together.
Founded and led by a neurodivergent Latina woman, and shaped by raising a neurodiverse family on the land, the farm brings together thoughtful food production, wetland restoration, and compassionate animal care to create a place that supports wellbeing, encourages learning, and strengthens connection while helping build a more resilient local food system.
Our Vision
Tournesol Farm envisions a living sanctuary where organic agriculture, restored wetlands, and human connection grow together in balance. We want the farm to be a place of safety, care, and respect, where people, animals, and the land are treated thoughtfully, and where birds, pollinators, and wildlife are welcomed as part of a healthy ecosystem.
Our vision also includes welcoming families, visitors, and learners through eco tourism, hands on education, and shared experiences shaped by the rhythms of farm life. Tournesol Farm hopes to provide simple, dignified housing on the land for employees and their families through a reciprocal model where people contribute through work, skills, creativity, and care.
Tournesol Farm aims to be a place where children learn by doing, where people of all abilities are able to participate fully, and where agriculture becomes a path to stability, dignity, and belonging. Over time, we hope to grow into a community model for regenerative and organic farming that is economically resilient, educationally meaningful, humane in practice, and rooted in cooperation between people and the land.
Our Team
Tournesol Farm is led by Elizabeth Toussaint Norton and David Scott Norton, a husband and wife team whose combined experience spans food, agriculture, business, technology, systems, and operations. Together, they bring decades of practical, professional, and lived experience to the development of a regenerative family farm and homestead in Rockport, Maine.
Elizabeth Toussaint Norton
Founder & Owner
Elizabeth studied Systems Engineering in Bogotá, Colombia, completed professional culinary training through SENA, and graduated in accounting in December 2025. Her background combines technical thinking, financial management, entrepreneurship, and deep culinary knowledge.
She has worked in hospitality, food production, recipe development, food cost control, and farm to table operations, including work under James Beard Award winning chef Melissa Kelly and consulting work with Bistro La Cave. At Tournesol Farm, she leads business planning, financial oversight, agricultural development, product strategy, and the long term vision of the farm.
David Scott Norton
Co-Founder & Operations
Scott brings more than twenty years of experience in enterprise systems, infrastructure, software implementation, and operational problem solving. He is the founder and CEO of David Norton Consulting, specializing in enterprise resource planning, Oracle eBusiness Suite, and business software services, with experience dating back to 1993. The firm also operates DN Digital, a division focused on web hosting, WordPress, automation, and digital strategy.
At Tournesol Farm, Scott supports infrastructure planning, automation, construction coordination, digital systems, and the operational framework needed to build a resilient working farm. His veteran background adds discipline, structure, and risk management to the business.
Together, Elizabeth and Scott are building Tournesol Farm as more than a small farm business. Their combined backgrounds in systems, finance, hospitality, technology, and hands on land development position them to create a diversified agricultural operation with strong long term potential. Their experience supports not only food production, but also the financial, technical, and operational structure required to grow the farm responsibly and sustainably.