OCEAN MIST FARMS CELEBRATED AT CASTROVILLE ARTICHOKE FESTIVAL

Company receives multiple tributes in honor of 90th anniversaryCASTROVILLE, Calif. – June 2, 2014 – Ocean Mist Farms celebrated a 90-year legacy of growing artichokes and premium fresh vegetables at the 55th Annual Castroville Artichoke Food and Wine Festival. The fourth generation grower-owned company was founded by Italian Immigrants in 1924.  They began their business by growing artichokes and Brussels sprouts along the Pacific Ocean’s Monterey Bay in Castroville, Calif.  On April 10, 2013, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed artichokes as the official state vegetable.  Today