Vegan's Almanac

World Aquatic Animal Day; Birthday of Jane Goodall; Release of the documentary film, The Smell of Money; Psalm 42.

First Episode of Plantstrong Podcast, Hosted by Rip Esselstyn; Publication of Plant You Scrappy Cooking: 140+ Plant-Based Zero-Waste Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet, by Carleigh Bodrug; Publication of Sub-Human: A 21st-Century Ethic; on Animals, Collective Liberation, and Us All, by Emma Hakansson; In April, by Rainer Maria Rilke.

International Bird Day; Be Kind to Spiders Week; National Sourdough Bread Day; Publication of The Inner World of Farmed Animals: Their Amazing Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Capacities, by Amy Hatkoff; Publication of The World Peace Diet (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony, by Will Tuttle; Publication of Oppressive Liberation: Sexism in Animal Activism, by Lisa Kemmerer; Home, by Jarod K. Anderson.

National Farm Workers Day; Birthday of Alasdair Cochrane; Publication of The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness, by Doug Lisle and Alan Goldhamer; The Farmer, by Amelia Barr.

Birthday of Donna D’Errico; Birthday of Matthew Pritchard; Publication of The Routledge Handbook of Vegan Studies, edited by Laura Wright; Publication of When Animals Rescue: Amazing True Stories about Heroic and Helpful Creatures, by Belinda Recio; Launch of TV Series, Evolving Vegan; A Prayer In Spring, by Robert Frost.

Palm Sunday; Release of the documentary film, Dominion; Hymn of Pity for Broken Birds and Beasts, by M. Frida Hartley.

Birthday of Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Publication of SALT: A Confessional Animal Liberation Narrative, by Coyote Jacobs; Publication of Plant-Powered Protein: Nutrition Essentials and Dietary Guidelines for All Ages, by Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina, and Cory Davis; March, by Madison Julius Cawein.

Birthday of Romesh Ranganathan; Publication of the first edition of Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism, by Michael Huemer; Joshua Katcher Interviewed on Main Street Vegan; March, by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard.

National Spinach Day; Bloomsbury Lecture: Carol J Adams on "The Sexual Politics of Meat in Authoritarian Times;" A Reading from, Great Precepts of the Highest Ranks. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gb2528lTTkKPWgUQkQpjIA#/registration

Manatee Appreciation Day; Whole Grain Sampling Day; Publication of Tongue-Tied: Breaking the Language Barrier to Animal Liberation, by Hanh Nguyen; Bhagavad Gita 2: 49.

Release of the documentary film, Seaspiracy; Birthday of Jessica Chastain; Publication of Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish, by John Hargrove and Howard Chua-Eoan; Prayer for our Dear Aquatic Animal Friends, by Ryugen Doshin Yamada.

National Coyote Day; Birthday of Josh Tetrick, Founder of Eat Just, Inc.; Coyote, by Bret Harte.

International Seal Day; National Broccoli Day; Birthday of Baroness Muriel Dowding; Founding of PETA; The White Seal, by Rudyard Kipling.Dr. Michael Gregor‘s website, nutritionfacts.orgRecipe: https://www.loveandlemons.com/vegan-broccoli-soup/

Birthday of Victoria Moran; Birthday of Sunaura Taylor; Publication of The Human Use of Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice 2nd Edition, by Tom Beauchamp, et al.; Publication of How Animals Grieve, by Barbara J. King; A Moment to Imagine.

World Sparrow Day; World Frog Day; Great American Meatout Day; Birthday of Fred Rogers; Matthew 10:29.

National Poultry Day; Publication of Defiant Daughters: 21 Women on Art, Activism, Animals, and The Sexual Politics of Meat, by Wendy Lee; First Episode of Think Like a Vegan Podcast, with Emilia Leese; Publication of Secrets of the Octopus, by Sy Montgomery and Warren Carlyle IV; I Asked My Love, by Abu Said.

National Agriculture Day; Publication of Comida Casera: More Than 100 Vegan Recipes, from Traditional to Modern Mexican Dishes, by Dora Ramirez; Unpaid TSA Workers will Receive Free Vegan Groceries From PETA; Bread, by H.E. Wilkinson.

Birthday of Barry Horne; First Episode of Plant Based Eating For Health Podcast, with Kathleen Gage; A Reading From Matthew 5.

National Panda Day; National Artichoke Day; Birthday of All Vegan Franks; A Painting of Bamboo, by Yang Chi.

Buzzards Day; Birthday of will.i.am; First Episode of The Korean Vegan Podcast with Joanne Molinaro; Hopi Folktale.

National Save a Spider Day; Birthday of Dr. T. Colin Campbell; Birthday of Preacher Lawson; The Spider, by H. P. Nichols.https://www.montessoriservices.com/bug-catcher

National Good Samaritan Day; Launching of The Vegan Gym Podcast; A Hindu Story.

Popcorn Lovers Day; Publication of Animal Architects: Building and the Evolution of Intelligence, by James and Carol Gould; Publication of Mama's Last Hug, by Frans de Waal; The Popping Corn Song, Author Unknown.

Key Deer Awareness Day; Birthday of David Olivier; Fabliau of Florida, by Wallace Stevens.

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Appreciation Day; International Lime Day; Salvation Army Day; Birthday of Tom Scholz; Birthday of Colin McGinn; Corporate America, by Tom Scholz.

National American Paddlefish Day; National Aardvark Week; World Kidney Day; Publication of Animal Intelligence: How Much Animals Know, by George Romanes and Frederik Fernald; A Blessing, by Muhammad Muwakil.

Birthday of Colleen Patrick-Goudreau; Birthday of Beyond Meat; Publication of Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights, by Sherry Colb and Michael Dorf; a portion of Psalm 30.

Plant Power Day; Birthday of Muni Shri Viharsh Sagar; Publication of Clever As a Fox: Animal Intelligence And What It Can Teach Us About Ourselves, by Sonja Yoerg; Publication of Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation, by Sunaura Taylor; Release of What the Health Documentary; a Jain Prayer.

International Festival of Owls; Birthday of Marianne Thieme; Birthday of Dotsie Bausch; A Wise Old Owl, Author Unknown.

Dolphin Awareness Month; Berries and Cherries Month; Dear March - Come In, by Emily Dickinson.

Words Matter Week; National Salt Awareness Week; Publication of Farm Sanctuary, by Gene Baur; Matthew 5:13.

World Wildlife Day; Publication of The Politics of Animal Experimentation, by Dan Lyons; Publication of Christianity and the Rights of Animals, by Andrew Linzey; Publication of Voices for Animal Liberation: Inspirational Accounts by Animal Rights Activists, by Brittany Michelson; Publication of Farmed Animals on Film: A Manifesto for a New Ethic, by Stephen Marcus Finn; A Prayer by Yunus Emre.

International Rescue Cat Day; National Celery Month; Birthday of Robert Cheeke; Birthday of Nathalie Emmanuel; Quote from George Eliot.

National Pig Day; Saint David’s Day; Birthday of Conrad Beissel; Birthday of Brendan Brazier; Birthday of Daniella Monet; Birthday of Ahmad Noori; A Reading From E.B. White’s, Charlotte’s Web.

National Vegan Lipstick Day; Birthday of Rukmini Devi Arundale; She Walks In Beauty, by Lord Byron

International Polar Bear Day; National Protein Day; Publication of Love and Liberation: An Animal Liberation Front Story, by Sarat Colling and Anthony Nocella; Fire and Ice, by Robert Lee Frost.

National Pistachio Day; Grapefruit Day in Japan; Birthday of Dr. William Lambe; Birthday of Erykah Badu; Publication of Animal Wise: How We Know Animals Think and Feel, by Virginia Morell; Publication of Tarsier Sings His Song: Endangered and Misunderstood Animals, by Terri Tatchell, illustrated by Ivan Sulima; Publication of Beauty of the Beasts: Rethinking Nature's Least Loved Animals, by Jo Wimpenny; Young Singer, by Langston Hughes.

Inconvenience Yourself Day; Publication of Power Foods for the Brain: An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory, by Neal Barnard, MD; Publication of On Their Own Terms: Animal Liberation for the 21st Century, by Lee Hall, foreword by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson; On Friendship, by Kahlil Gibran.

Whooping Crane Festival; Birthday of Dick Goddard; Publication of Creaturely Theology: God, Humans and Other Animals, by Celia Deane-Drummond and David Clough; A Reading from Hebrews 12.

Birthday of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi; Birthday of Brahmarishi Mohanji; Birthday of Mirco Bergamasco; Publication of Animal Rights Law by Raffael Fasel & Sean C Butler; Mantra: Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.

National Justice for Animals Week; National Cook a Sweet Potato Day; Birthday of Willie Smits; Release of Food For Profit Documentary; Micah 6:8.

World Pangolin Day; Birthday of Sue Coe; A Prayer, by Carol J. Adams.

Birthday of Angelina Grimke; Birthday of Lucy Watson; Publication of Animal Liberation Temple Prayer Book, by Robert Ryugen Doshin Yamada; The Six Vows to Our Dear Animal Friends, by Ryugen Doshin Yamada.

Arabian Horse Day; The Horse Performs A Duā Every Morning.

Ash Wednesday; Birthday of Bernard Rollin; Creature Kind’s Ash Wednesday Liturgies.

Chinese New Year; National Random Acts of Kindness Day; 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 Hippopotamus Day; National Clementine Day; Birthday of Jeremy Bentham; Birthday of Matthieu Ricard; The Hippopotamus, by T.S. Eliot.

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.

National Cheddar Day; First Episode of The Brand New Vegan Podcast; Publication of How To Argue With A Meat Eater (And Win Every Time, by Ed Winters; Keep Going, by Edgar Guest.