Local Food News: Seed library photo contest, Twitter guide for farmers

Take your snapshots now! The Hudson Valley Seed Library wants your pictures of plants from their seeds to replace their placeholder photos. If you win this light-hearted contest, you'll get a free membership. Find out how to enter today!

Also, Attorney Carrie Rincker, the founder behind New York Agri-Women, offers a Twitter how-to for livestock producers.

No more updates in New York on the late blight front although a case has been confirmed in Vermont.

On the national news front:

NPR reports this piece on "What's Healthier: Raw Milk or Regulation?"

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand talks about the upcoming crafting of the federal farm bill.