Like in the "wine roads," but with the artichoke: The Alcachofas Platenses group invites you to harvest that particular

We are in an electoral ban and it is not possible to talk about politics, but the artichoke is one of those things that necessarily opens a rift between those who love it and those who detest it. Usually the latter, who are fewer, criticize that it is not simple to eat it, leaf by leaf until you can reach the heart. But in general, it happens that they do not know either the particularities of this seasonal fruit, nor the multiple ways that exist to eat it. Gonzalo Villena and Adriana Ricchetti are two agricultural engineers who, in addition to being family, have fallen in love with the artichoke to the point of dedicating their professional lives to this strange crop inherited from the Italian immigrants who brought it to the estates around La Plata. In 1994 they were graduating and had the chance to deal with more common issues, such as agriculture or livestock, but artichokes came into their lives when they began to coordinate a specific Rural Change group on the subject. Since ...