Vegan's Almanac

Birthday of Thomas Edison; Birthday of Dr. Brooke Goldner; Publication of Animal Rights , by Mark Rowlands; Thoughts, by Myra Viola Wilds.

World Ag Expo; World Pulses Day; Release of Pignorant film; Hope is the Thing With Feathers , by Emily Dickinson.

National Bagel and Lox Day; Birthday of J.M. Coetzee; Birthday of Alice Walker; Birthday of Steve Sapontzis; Luke 4:18-21.

PETA’s Hands Off My Breasts Super Bowl XL Campaign; Release of Punk Rock Vegan Movie; Vegan Future, by Street Justice.

Birthday of Dr. Andrew Linzey; First Episode of The Disclosure Podcast, with Ed Winters; A prayer from Animal Rites, by Andrew Linzey.

Birthday of Richard "Humanity Dick" Martin; Publication of Confronting Animal Exploitation: Grassroots Essays on Liberation and Veganism , by Kim Socha and Sarahjane Blum; Publication of Sweet Potato Sou l, by Jenné Claiborne; Publication of The Plant-Based Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook , by Linda Tyler; Invictus , by William Ernest Henley.

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 Y our Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health , by Dr. Neal Barnard; Beautiful Soup, by Lewis Carroll.

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.

Groundhog Day; Hedgehog Day; The Mower , by Philip Larkin.

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; Publication of Enter the Animal: Cross-species Perspectives on Grief an...

International Zebra Day; Eat Your Brussels Sprouts Day; National Seed Swap Day; Birthday of Anthony Benezet; Publication of Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law , by Katy Barnett and Jeremy Gans; Matthew 22:37-40.

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.

Seeing Eye Guide Dog Anniversary; Freethinkers Day; Birthday of Isabel Lucas; Luke 4:18-19.

Rattlesnake Day; Birthday of Dr. Garth Davis; Release of Skin Trade documentary; A Portion of Snake, by D. H. Lawrence.

Birthday of James Cromwell; Birthday of Alan Cumming; Birthday of Hannah Teter; Sermons We See, by Edgar Guest.

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.

Kiss a Shark Week; The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter , by Marc Bekoff; Basking Shark, by Norman MacCaig.

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.

National Rhubarb Day; Big Garden Birdwatch; Rhubarb, by Sheila Packa.

Birthday of Linda Blair; Publication of The High-Protein Vegan Cookbook: 125+ Hearty Plant-Based Recipes , by Ginny Kay McMeans; Publication of The Plant Powered Palate: A Vibrant Vegan Cookbook, by The Secret Chef; A Meditation on the Sacredness of Life.

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; The Muscovy Duck, by Henry Lawson.