The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of three members to serve on the Paper and Packaging Board. The appointees from the South Region will serve three-year terms beginning immediately to Dec. 31, 2025, and one appointee from the Rest of the U.S. Region will serve a one-year term beginning immediately to Dec. 31, 2023.

Members appointed are:

Bishop Paiute Tribe’s Muadubu Nuumu Fresh Produce Program will provide fresh healthy produce to the Bishop Paiute Tribal Elders Program and additional Tribal members from this underserved community who need food. The Tribe values its Elders as keepers of traditional and historical knowledge, language, and lifeways of the Tribe. Being removed from access to their native foods and the cost and limited availability of fresh foods, many have developed diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The Bad River Tribe’s Local Food Purchasing Agreement (BRLFPA) Program is designed to provide low-income tribal members with access to high-quality, locally sourced food, including indigenous foods produced in the Great Lakes region. The Bad River Tribe identified access to treaty-harvested foods and support for local food systems as top priorities in its 2018 Strategic Plan to address persistent food insecurity and high rates of premature death due to diet-related disease.