Finca Sagrada is a community with a collective commitment to constant growth, creation and change.
We are open to new members, as the space allows for more than the current population of 7 adult members and 6 children.
Interested families and individuals are welcome to visit Finca Sagrada. If you are guided to take a deeper dive, we will invite you to stay for a few months so you (and us) can figure out if there is a match.
We believe the land calls the people – those who are attracted to Finca Sagrada are meant to participate in our creation.
Founders of Finca Sagrada
Walter Moora
Walter was born in the jungles of Borneo in 1949 of Dutch parents. As a youth, his family lived in Malaysia and England and finally, when he was 9, in New Zealand. By the end of high school, he knew he wanted to be a farmer and began his life’s path. Walter soon realized that conventional farming fought nature instead of working with her so he left New Zealand in 1972 to learn biodynamic farming, which works intimately with nature. Most of his adult life he lived in the U.S. working on Camphill community farms or his own farms. Over the years, to add value to his farm products, he made Gouda cheese, European sourdough breads, grew vegetables and helped launch Seven Stars Yogurt. For many years he was on the Demeter Certification Board that certifies biodynamic farms.
In 2001 he met and married Susan Davis and they have been weaving their work together ever since. Through Susan’s Capital Missions Company, they co-created a successful KINS Innovation Network called Kindred Spirits. This network invited social investors and philanthropists to visit their farm to learn how non-farmers can steward the Earth.
In 2007, they began living in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, for a substantial part of the year and Founded Finca Sagrada. Here Walter wrote his book A Farmer’s Love, and he and Susan started giving workshops on their beautiful farm in the mountains of Ecuador.
Two passions guide Walter’s life. One is to grow the healthiest food possible by farming Biodynamically, thus treating the Earth with respect and love. The second is to help non-farmers learn the importance of nutrition in food, learn how everyone can help steward the Earth and learn how to connect to the spirituality of the Earth.
Susan Davis Moora
(September 1941-December 2024)
Susan Davis Moora is the innovator of KINS Innovation Networks, who helps people manifest their life missions collaboratively with others. She left a Division Administrator position for Harris Bank’s Personal Trust Group after nine years to start Capital Missions Company (CMC) in June of 1990. CMC created an innovation method highly effective in social investing and other niches of sustainability using principles of generosity and trust.
Susan used these experiences in business and finance to create this unique networking innovation method now proven successful with 35 networks created over a 35-year period. This method, called KINS Innovation Networks, uses nature as a model for innovation following a simple 7-step method anchored by 30 people from 30 diverse constituencies.
In 2007, Susan took a health-required 3-year sabbatical in Vilcabamba, Ecuador, where she and Walter, used KINS and funding from FlowFunding.org to model how a town’s leaders could help take their town green and resilient. Susan also wrote a book, The Trojan Horse of Love, to teach others how to start KINS networks through telling the KINS stories. Susan gifts this book from her heart rather than selling it and it has been downloaded 16,600 times.
After a traumatic attack and beating by armed commandos in their home in 2009, Susan and Walter decided to become global nomads for a year, traveling pro bono to U.S. towns to teach KINS and biodynamic farming to help the towns go green, sharing the Vilcabamba story.
Members of Finca Sagrada
Angela Burton
Angela Burton is a free-spirited Canadian with a heart as vast as the Rockies. After 45 years in British Columbia, she’s now rooted in Ecuador’s Andes, thriving in the lush, spiritual community of Finca Sagrada.
A dedicated advocate for sustainability, Angela’s work with World Tree continues to foster a vision of regenerative prosperity—”growing trees for the planet, people, and prosperity.” Her passion lies in creating a world where nature and humanity flourish in harmony.
Beyond business, Angela’s life is a testament to love, generosity, and nurturing—whether raising her own children, fostering others, or uplifting communities. Now, in Ecuador, she sows seeds of hope, building a future where compassion and connection grow.
Jon Love
Jon has had a rich life exploring the mystery of being alive at this time of a great turning. His explorations have taken him into the realms of personal, organizational and social transformation. He’s helped governments facing the unprecedented difficulties brought on by HIV/AIDS, companies recovering from devastating strikes and lockouts, product development teams hopelessly behind in seizing the opportunity to bring breakthrough products to market, and people with visions bigger than they know how to achieve. Now he is devoted to serve the emergence of an even more loving, harmonious and beautiful way of life for humans in sacred union with each other and Mother Earth.
Satya Love
A few words that might describe the who that I am are a dreamer, mother, sister, life long learner, wayshower, catalyst, steward of earth sprinkled with a good dose of a rigorous, joyful and challenging commitment to opening and following my heart deepening relationship and stewardship with self, each other and the world. Daily rise and shine with a mission to ignite magnetic resonance, catalyzing exponential impact, for even more unity consciousness of love is the fuel for the souls’ will to stay in the river, letting go of the sides, learning to ask for help, recognize help, receive help and be grateful. A life of following the magical breadcrumbs leading me back to myself discovering there is no self, laughing, celebrating, taking the next breath and step with trust in the perfection and comfort in a state of the unknown way of being. Keeping life fun is a must! A stand for possibilities so that the IM Possible happens creates magical expansion of opportunities.Favorite self talk that expands the field of being are ” I am That, I am , there is enough, it is done, center up buttercup, love is the answer, Be Love” Love anyway… is the motto of choice.
Oh ya, also traveling in and through me is a rich history of community building, reading the energy fields, creating and managing organizations, and initiatives as per instructions from the Universe. Recent engagement is with Pachamama Alliance and Finca Sagrada.
The Thompsons
We’re the Thompson family. We’re originally from Canada, where we have an off-grid homestead and raised all of our own meat, vegetables, fruit and nuts. When not learning about different plants and animals on the farm, we can be found creating through art, legos, puzzles and sitting down with a good book together.
Our philosophy in life is to connect with intention wherever possible, that learning and living are one and the same and to try and have a ridiculously good time creating our best life possible. We have a deep respect for Mother Earth and all that she provides and are constantly seeking ways that we can continue to nurture her.
The Trews
The Trews moved to Ecuador at the end of 2024 from San Antonio, Texas, USA. John studied business in Spain and Hong Kong and is a retired Air Force veteran and regenerative farmer. Lexi owned a boutique photography business for over 10 years and is passionate about the fine arts. Here at Finca Sagrada, we farm, play, and manage the website and content creation.
We have two children, Grace (4) and Theo (1.5) and they are the light of our lives. As a family, we are committed constantly working to be our best selves and in greatest service to the world. Our mission is to give back to families and children by helping pave the way for them to find deeper connection, intention and more joyful living.