Vegan's Almanac

National Bison Month; Birthday of Alex Hershaft, Carl Lewis, Pamela Anderson, and Patrik Baboumian; Words of Crowfoot.

Publication of The Terrorization of Dissent: Corporate Repression, Legal Corruption, and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act , edited by Anthony J. Nocella II and Jason Del Gandio; Animal Law Section's Presentation on "Strengths and Weaknesses of the Federal Animal Welfare Act: An In-Depth Presentation by the Top Animals Law Experts and Federal Litigators”; Waiting for the Terrorists , by Richard...

St. Peter’s Day; Publication of How to Create a Vegan World: A Pragmatic Approach , by Tobias Leenaert; Farmed Animal Rights Movement at the NYC Pride Parade; I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party, by Chen Chen. https://www.facebook.com/events/1430962597919308

National Tapioca Day; Birthday of John Wesley; Birthday of Chris DeRose; 1 Corinthians 13

International Pineapple Day; National Onion Day; Birthday of Toby Maguire; Birthday of Ruby Roth; Pineapple , by Ishwar Gupta; Ode To The Onion , by Pablo Neruda.

Release of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret; Publication of The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics , edited by Clair and Andrew Linzey; What Is So Rare as a Day in June, by James Russell Lowell.

National Catfish Day; Birthday of Ricky Gervais; Publication of Death of a Whale: The Challenge of Anti-Whaling Activists and Indigenous Rights , by Captain Paul Watson; A Statement from Makah Elders.

Rabbit Week; Publication of Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable, by Will Potter; A Reading from, The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams.

Birthday of Yosvani Ramos; Release of Chicken Run; Publication of Animal Rites: Liturgies of Animal Care , by Andrew Linzey; A Reading from Animal Rites, by Dr. Andrew Linzey.

World Camel Day; World Rainforest Day; Fish are Friends Not Food Week; Publication of I Will Abolish the Bow: Christianity, Personhood, and the End of Animal Exploitation , by Matthew A. King; Fish, by DH Lawrence.

World Giraffe Day; Publication of Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence , by James Bridle; Publication of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us , by Ed Yong; The Giraffe , by Oliver Herford

American Eagle Day; First Episode of The Main Street Vegan Podcast, Hosted by Victoria Moran; The Eagle , by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland; The Eagle , by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

World Albatross Day; Birthday of Henry Spira; A Few Stanzas from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Birthday of Wayne Hsiung; Publication of The Oxen at the Intersection: A Collision (or, Bill and Lou Must Die: A Real-Life Murder Mystery from the Green Mountains of Vermont) , by Pattrice Jones; Publication of Veganza Animal Heroes Series - Liberation , by Susan Hargreaves, illustrated by Monique Martinez; A Reading from Matthew Five.

World Croc Day; Publication of Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation , by Gary Francione; The Vegan Pod’s First Episode; How Doth The Little Crocodile , by Lewis Carroll.

World Sea Turtle Day; P Ninety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs, by Davida Breier (photography by Derek Goodwin); Birthday of Vegenaise; A Prayer by Carol J. Adams.

Turkey Lover’s Day; Release of Eating Animals documentary; Publication of This Is Vegan Propaganda: (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You), by Ed Winters; Turkeys, by John Clare.

National Cucumber Day; Publication of Raccoon, by Daniel Heath Justice ; St. Louis Vegan Market; Numbers 11:4-9.

Pigeon Appreciation Day; Birthday of Zoe Rosenberg; The Carrier Pigeon , by Victor-Marie Hugo.

International Falafel Day; Publication of Ageless Vegan: The Secret to Living a Long and Healthy Plant-Based Life , by Tracye and Mary McQuirter; And Then They Stole the Falafel, by Gideon Polya.

International Lynx Day;Birthday of Ingrid Newkirk; Publication of Just Enough: Vegan Recipes and Stories from Japan’s Buddhist Temples, by Gesshin Claire Greenwood; Prayer For Our Dear Wild Animal Friends, by Ryugen Doshin Yamada.

National Herbs and Spices Day; Birthday of Esther Ouwehand; Release of Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals; Guardian Article, “Elephants Call Each Other By Name, Study Finds: 1 Kings 10:10.

National Lettuce Day; National Meal Prep Day; Birthday of Natalie Portman; A Mantra For Loving Kindness.

World Oceans Day; Birthday of Roger Fouts; Miracles , by Walt Whitman.

American Black Bear Day; Publication of Vegan Art: A Book of Visual Protest, edited by Tommy Kane; Healing Waters, a Cherokee legend.