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First-Time Visitors
 
If you want to know how to navigate around this website and locate a wealth of information about the USDA Commodity Food Ordering and Food Purchasing Programs, this is the place you want to be.  As a sidebar, we suggest that you click the "Refresh" button at the top of your browser periodically to make sure that you are viewing the most recent pages.

Tip 1 - Top Navigation Buttons  

The following buttons will appear at the top of ALL web pages in the FD Programs Website:
 

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Home Button: Click to return to the FD Programs Home page from anywhere in the site;
 
-- About FD Button: Click to obtain information about the purpose of the FD Programs website and an overview of the USDA commodity purchase programs and the USDA agencies that administer them;
 
-- FD Newsroom Button: Click to access the latest AMS market news information posted on this website, Notices to the Trade, and copies of the School Programs Commodity Update newsletters.
 
-- Help Button: The Help Button "is your friend."  Click to view a Site Map where the information is categorized according to the site structure and an A to Z Index to locate information quickly by searching the file by the first letter of the key word or information that you are trying to find.
 
-- Contact Us: Click to find contact information for the individuals who are responsible for administering the commodity programs at the Federal and State levels.
 
Tip 2 - Left-Side Navigation Menu

The left-side menu provides links to key subject areas affecting ALL of the Nutrition Assistance Programs administered by FNS.
This menu will not change throughout the FNS site and will appear on ALL Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) web pages including the FD Program web pages. 

You will also notice that the left-side menu includes a robust Search Engine that will permit visitors to search all of USDA's websites by key word or phrase.

And as previously mentioned, below the search engine fields, you will be able to browse the site by the major subject areas that contain the most frequently requested information.
 
Tip 3 - Right-Side Navigation Menus

Important!!! The right-side menus displayed within the FD Programs Website provide direct links to key subject areas specifically related to the FD Programs and Services.

Please note that the right-side menus may change depending upon where you are in the site.  For example, the right-side menu displayed for FD Program will be customized for information related to that particular program.  
 
If you have any questions or comments about site or how have any suggestions on how it can be improved, please email to the fdpwebsters@fns.usda.gov and thanks for visiting the site!

                          Last Modified: 07/09/2007