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Bar Harbor, ME--Soyatech LLC announces that Founder and President Peter Golbitz has been elected to the board of directors of the new World Soy Foundation (WSF).

A program of World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH), the foundation is dedicated to sustainable nutrition for all, envisioning a world where people will have adequate nutrition to survive and thrive.

WSF works with private voluntary and non-governmental organizations to deliver soy protein and nutrition education to people who need it around the world.

Projects sponsored by WSF include complementary foods for children six to 36 months, school feeding programs, and soy nutritional services.

"I am honored to be a part of an organization that has such far-reaching impact on world hunger," said Golbitz.

"I look forward to working with the board and World Soy Foundation team and to helping them work towards extending the benefits of soy and good nutrition to the world's hungry."

WISHH Executive Director Jim Hershey said, "The World Soy Foundation is thrilled to have a leader like Peter Golbitz on the founding board of directors.

"Peter brings years of expertise to this important initiative that helps soy be part of the solution for global hunger as well as the critical nutritional needs fo people in developing countries."

He added, "With 18,000 children dying daily from nutrition-related causes and nearly 40 million people living with HIV, there is much work to be done."

Golbitz has chaired more than ten international symposia on the soybean-based products industry and has presented insightful presentations and workshops on the market for value-added agricultural products and food products in many countries around the world.

He has authored a number of major studies on the soybean and soyfoods markted and has written a best-selling cookbook, Tofu & Soyfoods Cookery - Delicious Foods for a Healthy Life.

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