WASHINGTON _ Farm to table isn't as simple as it sounds, thanks to the federal government.
Federal rules control most of the action, particularly regarding food safety. But an unusual left-right congressional coalition hopes to change things.
Rep. Thomas Massie, a libertarian-leaning Republican from Kentucky, and Rep. Chellie Pingree, a liberal Maine Democrat, are championing legislation they say would make it easier for small-time ranchers to sell their prime rib, pork chops and lamb shanks at farmers' markets and other small scale operations.
