The Mexican state of Michoacan is the country's second-biggest producer of artichokes only behind the state of Guanajuato. According to data from the Agricultural Food and Fisheries Information System (Siap), Michoacan's harvest has surpassed 556 tons, which were obtained in an area of 43 hectares.
Ruben Medina Niño, the head of the Ministry of Rural and Agricultural Food Development (Sedrua), stated that in the last three years, artichoke cultivation had consolidated in Michoacan and that its production in the municipalities of Ecuandureo and Zamora stood out.
He also said that the artichoke is a hydrangea plant of the compound family that has a fusiform root, a stretched, branched stem that can be more than half a meter high, and that they have spiny leaves and edible buds.
Artichoke is grown in several states of the country. It is grown in Michoacan, Guanajuato, the State of Mexico, Queretaro, and Puebla.
