“Elysian Fields Farm is a farm that I visit weekly because I know their work ethic and that there will be a superb selection of impressively seasonal produce with distinct flavor and quality”
Located in Cedar Grove, NC, we will be entering our 24th year in production and CSA management in 2024. We attend the Saturday Carrboro Farmers’ Market yet have always been primarily a CSA farm and deliver to our members twice weekly.
We pride ourselves on giving our members only the highest quality and freshest produce one could expect. With a retention rate of 75-85% annually, we have a deep gratitude for the community of customers and friends we have been able to build through our CSA over the years.
Elise Bortz
While I did not grow up in a farming community, after completing a degree in International Development and studying abroad with subsistance farmers in Zimbabwe, I began working on family run Organic CSA farms in New York and New England. These farms were unbelievably inspirational to me. The healthy community and physcial environment created allowed me to quickly realize that this needed to be MY CAREER. I moved to North Carolina and in 2001, at the age of 25, founded Elysian Fields Farm and CSA.
Aside from farming, my life is now also consumed by family, with a husband who works off the farm and two children (who love to harvest carrots!)
I am the owner and general manager of Elysian Fields Farm, creating the annual crop plan while implementing and managing the CSA. I am grateful for my right hand person, Cason, who has been working on the farm for 7 years and has evolved to Pack Shed Manager and Crew Leader of our 7 person annual crew.
“We have been members of Elysian Fields CSA for over a dozen years.
Obviously we are VERY satisfied with this CSA.
If we had to leave the CSA for some reason, it would be like losing a family member”