Castroville is a rural town in California that is nicknamed the ‘Artichoke Capital of the World’. 99.9% of all artichokes worldwide are grown in California as they can grow them year round there. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/always-season-artichokes
WTF Fun Fact – Artichoke Capital
Your statistics are wrong.
90% of the world production comes from around the mediterranean countries.
In 2016, the USA (including California) produced only 44,720 metric tonnes of the 1,422,248 tonnes produced in the world that year….unless of course, you think the USA is the World.
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_artichoke_production)
I live like 10 min away an leads go there…it’s a pretty small town that looks dead. Also it’s not the best at night. But yeah just wanted to share