{"id":10428,"date":"2016-03-02T09:23:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=10428"},"modified":"2016-03-02T09:23:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T16:23:32","slug":"national-weights-and-measures-week-making-sure-you-get-what-you-pay-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/03\/02\/national-weights-and-measures-week-making-sure-you-get-what-you-pay-for\/","title":{"rendered":"National Weights and Measures Week &#8211; making sure you get what you pay for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Toledo-Scale.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7842\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Toledo-Scale-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Toledo Scale\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Toledo-Scale-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Toledo-Scale.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncwm.net\/\">National Weights and Measures Week is March 1-7<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Scenario 1<\/em> &#8211; 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