Jerusalem Artichokes

I was gifted about 6 small Jerusalem Artichokes plants last year by my brother and after digging them up to replant, tilling the garden and expanding, I must not have dug up everything because after tilling I now have an area about 14 feet by 25 feet that must have about 1000 plants coming up.  I dug some of them up and put them in pots and sold a few to other around the area but I need to find a place that might like these.  I initially got them as they are known as a good prepper crop since they grow very well, are disease and drought resistant and are one of the highest calorie per acre plant.  Not only that unless you know what they are you would probably think they are just a weed so if your garden got raided these would most likely be passed over.  Sort of joking but sort of not.  Anyway, I have been trying to find others who might like some of these as they have exploded, and that was after I replanted the tubers I dug up and moved to another area of the garden.  For those that grow these what do you do with them and do you find many others who like to purchase them or do the plants sell well at farmers markets in early spring?

I was out at a nursery with my kid today and they had them for sale.
We laughed at the price, but every one needs to start somewhere.
I recently bought some tubers from Whole Foods, to expand my varieties.
They cost 6 bucks a pound!
They were certified organic and they are a specialty crop, but still...

I have eliminated jchokes from some beds where they previously dominated by repeatedly cutting down the stalks.

I've heard of people forcing/blanching the stalks for human consumption.
Rabbits love the leaves and stalks , fresh or dried.

If you repeatedly harvest your sunchoke stalks at a foot high and hang them in bundles to dry, you can weaken the patch and at the same time gather "hay" for mulching or animal feed.
If you invert opaque buckets over the regrowth,  you might get a unique edible to sell at farmers markets.