Whole Foods Market executive Margaret Wittenberg has been appointed to the board of US organic research body The Organic Center.

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Wittenberg, global vice president for quality standards and public affairs at Whole Foods, joins the Colorado-based body on a three-year contract.


Wittenberg has been appointed alongside fellow new members Sara Snow, organic, healthy living and environmental TV host; Environmental Working Group president Ken Cook and Timothy Escamilla, VP of procurement and supply chain for Ready Pac.


Whole Foods co-president and chief operations officer Walter Robb steps down from The Organic Center board but will remain as an advisory director to the body.


The Organic Center is a non-profit organisation that advances peer-reviewed scientific research and information behind the health and environmental benefits of organic food and farming.

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