Vegan's Almanac

Birthday of Bernard Rollin; Melanie Challenger in Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy; Humanity, by William Wordsworth. https://animalrightslaw.org/talkinganimals

Champion Crab Races Day; National Cabbage Day; The Cabbage, by Madison Julius Cawein.

World Whale Day; World Almond Day; Birthday of Gretchen Wyler; Birthday of Rip Esselstyn; The Whale, by John Donne.

World Pangolin Day; World Hippopotamus Day; Birthday of Jeremy Bentham; Birthday of Matthieu Ricard; The Hippopotamus, by T.S. Eliot. If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

World Bonobo Day; Publication of Vystopia:the anguish of being vegan in a non-vegan world, by Clare Mann; A Folk Tale From The Congo. If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

First Episode of The Brand New Vegan Podcast; Publication of How To Argue With A Meat Eater (And Win Every Time, by Ed Winters; What the Studies Say About Animal vs Plant-Based Meat with Dr. Matthew Nagra; Keep Going, by Edgar Guest.https://connectforanimals.com/event/1738297286747x605318642771689500

Darwin Day; Birthday of Kane Richardson; Online Vegan Speed Dating Event, https://datenight.ai/vegevents; I Asked My Love, by Abu Said.

Birthday of Dr. Brooke Goldner; Publication of Animal Rights (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series), by Mark Rowlands; Interfaith Vegan Coalition Online Meeting; Thoughts, by Myra Viola [email protected]

World Pulses Day; Release of Pignorant film; Publication of Animals as Crime Victims, edited by Lacey Levitt, David Rosengard, and Jessica Rubin; Peas Porridge Hot.If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Birthday of J.M. Coetzee; Birthday of Alice Walker; Birthday of Steve Sapontzis; Stockport Vegan Festival; When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer, by Walt Whitman.https://www.veganeventsuk.co.uk/stockport-vegan-festival/

Release of Punk Rock Vegan Movie; Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy: A One-Day Workshop with Melanie Joy in Zagreb, Croatia; Vegan Future, by Street Justice. https://veganadvocacy.org/events/

First Episode of The Disclosure Podcast, with Ed Winters; AfroVegan Society Facebook Event: Making Vegan Fried Chik'n Wraps for $10 with Danni McGhee; NYU Webinar: Storytelling about Nonhuman Minds: A Conversation with Two Acclaimed Authors; Invictus, by William Ernest Henley.https://www.facebook.com/events/953868022899463https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7zRKtW7iQviunm9dNDDGOg#/registration

Publication of Confronting Animal Exploitation: Grassroots Essays on Liberation and Veganism, by Kim Socha and Sarahjane Blum; All-Creatures.org Event With Mary Finelli; In Defense of Animals Zoom Webinar, Understanding the Humane Myth: Speciesism, Capitalism, and the Misrepresentation of Animals, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0GgYmRt1RRO4nzUtWyh3dg#/registration; The Suffragist, by Katharine Rolston Fisher.

Western Monarch Day; Publication of The Blueprint, Fur Farm List: Ending The Fur Industry, A Complete Guide For Animal Rights Activists, by Peter Young; To a Butterfly, by William Wordsworth.

National Homemade Soup Day; Birthday of Karen Davis; Birthday of Tabitha Brown; Publication of Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health, by Dr. Neal Barnard; Beautiful Soup, by Lewis Carroll. If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Feed the Birds Day; Birthday of Isa Chandra Moskowitz; The first episode of the Switch4Good Podcast; Publication of Okapi Loves His Zebra Pants, by Terri Tatchell and illustrated by Ivan Sulima; Miracles, by Walt Whitman.If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Groundhog Day; Birthday of Dr. Andrew Linzey; Birthday of David Sztybel; A Prayer from Andrew Linzey’s book, Animal Rites.If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

February is Potato Lovers’ Month, Sweet Potato Month, and Grapefruit Month; Birthday of Ruben Albarran; Publication of Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes Towards Speciesism, by Richard D. Ryder; Publication of Free the Animals, 20th Anniversary Edition, by Ingrid Newkirk; Publication of Changing the Game, by Norman Phelps; Birthday of Doe Donuts and Icecream; Publication of Enter the Animal: Cross-species Perspectives on Grief and Spirituality, by Teya Brooks Pribac; Launching of How I Vegan Podcast; February Twilight, by Sara Teasdale.If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

International Zebra Day; Eat Your Brussels Sprouts Day; Birthday of Anthony Benezet; Publication of Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law, by Katy Barnett and Jeremy Gans; Matthew 22:36-40.If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Hug a Jicama Day; Birthday of Dexter Scott King; Birthday of Heather Nicholson; A Portion of Dr. Martin Luther King’s, Letter From a Birmingham Jail. If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Seeing Eye Guide Dog Anniversary; Publication of The Alzheimer’s Solution: A Revolutionary Approach to Prevent and Reverse Alzheimer's, Offering Hope Through Groundbreaking Science and Personalized Treatment Plans, by Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai; Luke 4:18-19.If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Rattlesnake Day; Birthday of Dr. Garth Davis; Release of Skin Trade documentary; A Portion of Snake, by D. H. Lawrence. If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Birthday of James Cromwell; Birthday of Alan Cumming; Birthday of Hannah Teter; Sermons We See, by Edgar Guest. If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

Birthday of Benjamin Lay; Birthday of Angela Davis, Publication of If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity, by Justin Gregg; A Reading from Job 38. If you know of a notable vegan date we should include on The Vegan’s Almanac, please email us at [email protected].

National Seed Swap Day; The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter, by Marc Bekoff; VCOP 20, https://climatehealers.ticketspice.com/v-cop20-vegan-convergence-of-the-peoples-20; A Seed, by Willam Allingham.

Birthday of Bryant Terry; Buddhism and Veganism: Essays Connecting Spiritual Awakening and Animal Liberation, by Will M. Tuttle, illustrated by Madeleine Tuttle; The Dog King, A Buddhist Tale.

The publication of Power Plates: 100 Nutritionally Balanced, One-Dish Vegan Meals, by Gena Hamshaw; Vegan Sudanese Cookery Class with Tagwa, connectforanimals.com/events; AJA Lunchtime Live: How to Save Canada’s Live Horse Export Ban with Kaitlyn Mitchell and Pierre Sadik, https://training.animaljusticeacademy.com/lunchtime-live-registration-01232025; Isaiah 63:13.

Vegpreneur Event: The Future of Food, Vegpreneur.org/events; Online Plant Powered Youth Steering Committee Info Session, Connectforanimals.com/events; VegMichigan at WASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE’s Welcome Day; Hope is the Thing With Feathers, by Emily Dickinson.

Squirrel Appreciation Day; Release of The Invisible Vegan Film; Publication of Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing, by Gayle Boss, illustrated by David Klein; Publication of Vegan Bodybuilding Cookbook: 100 High Protein Recipes to Eat Healthy, Lose Weight and Gain Muscles Fast, by Howie Dyson; Fable, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Penguin Awareness Day; A Penguin, by Oliver Herford.

Tenderness Toward Existence Day; Release of Blackfish documentary; Genesis 1:20-23.

National Peking Duck Day; Publication of Unbelievably Vegan: 100+ Life-Changing, Plant-Based Recipes, by Charity Morgan; Publication of Think Like A Vegan: Embracing ethics in a plant-powered world, by Emilia Leese and Eva Charalambides; Peterborough Vegan Market; The Muscovy Duck, by Henry Lawson.

Popeye Day; Birthday of Catherine Booth; Birthday of The Plant Based News (PBN) Podcast; Washerwoman, by Carl Sandburg.

National Quinoa Day; Defining Critical Animal Studies: An Intersectional Social Justice Approach for Liberation, edited by Kim Socha, Atsuko Matsuoka, Anthony Nocella, and John Sorenson; The Defund Meat Conference; A Prayer For Our Dear Animal Friends in Labs, by Ryugen Doshin Yamada.

Alice Drakoules’ Passing; Birthday of Jill Phipps; Birthday of Gunhild Stordalen; Global Healthy Hospital Food Network Event on Zoom; Life, by Edgar Guest.

Feast of the Ass Day; Birthday of Albert Schweitzer; Numbers 22: Balaam and The Donkey.

Birthday of Claire Vallee; 3Rs Training Webinar: Empowering Animal Lab Workers to Share Their Stories; Friendship, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Birthday of Heather Mills; Publication of After Noah: Animals and the Liberation of Theology, by Andrew Linzey and Dan Cohn-Sherbok; Publication of What’s Missing From Medicine: Six Lifestyle Changes to Overcome Chronic Illness, by Dr. Saray Stancic; Quote From Dr. Andrew Linzey.

Birthday of Alice Paul; Birthday of Ray Raghunath Cappo; Vegan Social in Phoenix, AZ; No More, by Youth of Today.

National Save the Eagles Day; Publication of Simple and Delicious Vegan: 100 Vegan and Gluten-Free Recipes, Created by Michaela Vais; The Eagle, by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

National Apricot Day; First Episode of “How To Vegan Podcast” with Kristen Pound; Livestream of “Know Your Rights” Training for Activists, hosted on Animal Activism Collective’s YouTube Channel; A Prayer by Carol J. Adams.

National Snuggle a Chicken Day; Publication of Animalia Americana: Animal Representations and Biopolitical Subjectivity , by Colleen Boggs; Health and Wealth in 2025 Webinar; The Rooster, by Abu'l Qasim As'ad ibn Billita.

Birthday of Sir Lewis Hamilton; Publication of The Secret Life of Pigs: Stories of Compassion and the Animal Save Movement, by Richard Hoyle and Anita Krajnc; Philippians 4:8.

National Bean Day; Birthday of Murray Rose; Birthday of Derrick Morgan, Publication of Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals: Towards Future Animal Rights Declarations, by Doris Schneeberger; I Believe In The Sun Even When It Is Not Shining, author unknown.

National Bird Day (U.S.); Publication of Animal Liberation Front : Complete Diary Of Actions- 40+ Year Timeline Of The A.L.F., And The Militant Animal Rights Movement, by Peter Young; Birds, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Birthday of Joyce Tischler; Publication of Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Paul Waldau; Publication of Animals Are Not Ours (No, Really, They’re Not): An Evangelical Animal Liberation Theology, by Sarah Withrow King; Candlelight Vigil for Elephants; The Elephant is Slow to Mate, by D.H. Lawrence.

Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, by Martha C. Nussbaum; San Diego’s Vegan Night Market; January, by Helen Hunt Jackson.

Western Feast Day for St. Basil; Birthday of Matt Ball; Publication of On Animals: Volume I: Systematic Theology, by David L. Clough; The North Wind Doth Blow.

Publication of The Dark Face of Science, by John Vyvyan; Publication of The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegan Critical Theory, by Carol Adams; Publication of The Heretic’s Feast: A History of Vegetarianism, by Colin Spencer; Publication of Speciesism, by Joan Dunayer; Publication of The Minimalist Vegan: A simple manifesto on why to live with less stuff and more compassion, by Michael and Masa Ofei; Release of the Netflix Original series, You Are What You Eat; A Twin Experiment; A Prayer for 2025.

Time to Sign Up For Veganuary!; World Peace Meditation Day; A Guided Meditation From Dr. Lisa Miller.