Jan Swinton, Global Volunteer Returns Home

Global Volunteer Returns Home: Providing healthy food to rural communities

Inspirational People July 7, 2015 Rachel Kahn

In Fairfield, Iowa resides a global volunteer with the heart of a caregiver and a mind of an electrical engineer. Introducing Jan Swinton, area celebrity, local food advocate, and natural farming networker extraordinaire. Jan’s path has spanned the globe. She is a passionate human rights participant and absolutely walks her talk. Just after college, Jan found a new calling. Her path led her from Iowa to wartime Uganda. At the time when many young people are testing the waters as newly independent adults, Jan was…

Mongolia, Meditation, and the Heart of an Explorer

Inspirational People June 22, 2015 Rachel Kahn

How meditation and organic food inspired a young woman’s life in Mongolia . The heart of our exploration. Throughout my life I would often imagine the type of school my future children would attend. In my vision, I would see this beautiful place of meditation, organic food, yoga, love, and brilliant education. A promotion of their essence and highest achievement based on all that they are. Not imaging that it existed, I also thought I would have to create such a bounty of learning. So imagine my…