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First-Time Visitor's


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 Back to Top
The following buttons will appear at the top of ALL web pages in the CFN website:
 

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Home Button: Click to return to the CFN Home page from anywhere in the site;
 
-- About CFN Button: Click to obtain information about the purpose of the CFN website and an overview of the USDA commodity purchase programs and the USDA agencies that administer them;
 
-- Newsroom Button: Click to access commodity and marketing news published on USDA websites and its partner agencies websites as well.
 
-- CFN Partners Button: Click to learn more about the roles of the USDA Agencies that work together to purchase and deliver commodities to States and eligible recipient agencies;
 
-- 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 Back to Top
The left-side menu is a standard menu that will appear on all CFN web pages and shall remain the same regardless of where you are in the website.

You will notice that the left-side menu includes a robust Search engine that permits visitors to search all of USDA's websites by key word or phrase. 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  Back to Top
Keep in mind that the right-side menu may change depending upon where you are in the website while the left-side menu will remain the same on ALL pages in the website.

The right-side menus are intended to provide visitors with links to the information related to the major subject or topic being viewed.
 
 

Last Modified: 03/04/2008

 

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