On mistakes in growing and the prospects of artichoke in the Ukrainian market, a farmer from the Odesa region spoke.

A farm in the Odesa region is cultivating artichokes, learning from its own mistakes, but sees potential in this niche crop. As reported by Suspilne.Odesa, the idea emerged quite by chance. According to the director of the company Bonelet, Alina Sidenko, they had planned to grow an apple and pear orchard, but the war made adjustments, so they started looking for new crops that would be interesting. The farm has a small land bank, so they had to look for crops that were not very common but would be interesting. That's how they turned their attention to artichokes and decided to try and take a risk with this direction. "This is not a very popular crop on the shelves of our stores and at the markets, but it is a very popular crop in Europe. And since a large number of people are abroad, new products are starting to appear in grocery baskets. People return to Ukraine and try to see the same here," explained the farmer. Initially, they planted 1 hectare of artichokes because they were ...