Chadds Peak Farm An oasis for the human spirit

For Elizabeth and Vince Moro, their Chadds Peak Farm may have served a symbolic role in what brought them together, but their greatest gift has been what the farm has come to mean for others

‘An oasis for the human spirit’

Text by Richard L. Gaw

The first moment Elizabeth Moro saw her future husband, Vince was walking around his nearly 12-acre Chadds Peak Farm in Pennsbury Township, where the 2015 Brandywine in White event was being held, carrying a gas tank. Assuming he was the owner of the property, Elizabeth thanked him for allowing the event to be held at the farm.

Elizabeth later befriended Vince on social media, and later that year in December, Elizabeth’s father passed away, and when Vince heard of the news, he left a message on her phone, sharing his condolences. He knew the same heartbreak; during Easter that year, his father had passed away.

“My children were elsewhere that Christmas, so I was home alone when I asked my father, ‘Where are all of the good guys like you?’” Elizabeth said.

Just then, her phone hummed. It was Vince, leaving her a message of condolences.

“He had seen that not only had my dad died near Christmas but that in two days, it would be my birthday,” Elizabeth said. “He had gone to his father’s grave that morning and told him, ‘Dad, I am not coming back to Chadds Peak Farm next year alone, so you’re going to have to help me out.’”

To this day, it is the firm belief of Elizabeth and Vince Moro that their fathers were in Heaven, playing Cupid.

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Photos by Jie Deng

If the story of what brought Elizabeth and Vince Moro together comprises the latest chapter of the history of Chadds Peak Farm, then its newest chapter – still being written – is an ode to the power of people of like minds to gather in one place in order to inspire one another.

Over the past several years, the barn at Chadds Peak Farm has been a vessel for self-discovery, dialogue and collective and connective energy. From pioneer circle meetings to guest lectures, Chadds Peak Farm has become the little barn of big ideas – and all done in the company of nature and animals.

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“Vince and I want to build the barn at Chadds Peak Farm into an oasis for the human spirit,” Elizabeth said. “We want to continue to ask questions like, ‘What does it mean to be free in spirit?’ and ‘How do we move the conversation from ourselves to the holistic conversations we should be having now?’ Our gift is that whatever opportunity comes before us to be of service, we always say ‘Yes.’

“We believe the issues of the world will be solved by small groups of people coming together to create the changes we seek,” Elizabeth wrote on the Chadds Peak Farm website. “Every one of us has a purpose – we refer to that as your genius. The Pioneer Circles are open to anyone looking to find their genius, and the dialogues are free-flowing conversations that will hopefully inspire the participants on how they can bring that forward to make a better world.”