THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TURNED OUT TODAY FOR THE WORLD-RENOWNED ARTICHOKE FESTIVAL IN CASTROVILLE. JESSE ABRAMS AND TARYN MARTIN WERE CROWNED THE ARTICHOKE KING AND QUEEN , AND MANY ARTICHOKES (AND ARTICHOKE-BASED FOODS) WERE SOLD. THE ARTICHOKE FESTIVAL CONTINUES TOMORROW (FROM 10 A-M TO 5 P-M), WITH ATTENDEES REVELING IN EVERYTHING ARTICHOKE…IN THE ARTICHOKE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.