Vegan's Almanac

World Sea Turtle Day; Publication of 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 Month; 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 ; Numbers 11:4-9.

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

National Cougar Day; International Falafel Day; 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; Publication of Unwanted: The Causes and Effects of America's Horse Population Crisis, by Christina Keim 1 Kings 10:10.

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

World Oceans Day; International Day of Action for Elephants in Zoos; Birthday of Roger Fouts; The Elephant , by Rudyard Kipling.

National Animal Rights Day; Publication of Vegangelical: How Caring for Animals Can Shape Your Faith , by Sarah Withrow King; Publication of What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins , by Jonathan Balcombe; Publication of Vegan Art: A Book of Visual Protest, edited by Tommy Kane; Fish , by Brian Turner.

American Black Bear Day; International Tempeh Day; Spring, by Mary Oliver.

Presumed Birthday of Socrates; International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing; National Veggie Burger Day; Birthday of Shannon Keith; Publication of Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans, by John Marzluff; The Words Of Socrates , by Jean de La Fontaine.

Philippine Eagle Week; National Cheese Day; Release of Vegan: Everyday Stories; A Meditation for Understanding.

Birthday of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers; Birthday of Charles R. Magel; Publication of Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat, by Howard Lyman; Publication of Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction , by Thom van Dooren; Proverbs 12:10.

National Rotisserie Chicken Day; Birthday of Stevan Harnad; Publication of Leo Tolstoy: A Vegetarian’s Tale: Tolstoy’s Family Vegetarian Recipes Adapted For The Modern Kitchen , by S. Pavlenko; Tolstoy Quotes.

World Reef Awareness Day; National Olive Day; World Milk Day; The Truth Teller, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

World Parrot Day; The Merchant and the Parrot, by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi.

International Day of the Potato; Publication of An Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture, by Randy Malamud; The Potato , by Joseph Stroud.

National Alligator Day; Spoon River Anthology , by Edgar Lee Masters.

World Hunger Day; International Burger Day; Whooping Crane Day; Publication of Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation , by David Nibert; Isaiah 58:6-9.

World Otter Day; National Grape Day; Exodus 23:10-12.

Feast Day for St. Philip Neri; Birthday of Chrigel Glanzmann; Birthday of Richa Moorjani; Arrest of Jake Conroy; Publication of Yoga and Veganism: The Diet of Enlightenment , by Sharon Gannon; Gayatri Mantra .

Birthday of Cilian Murphy; Publication of Joyful, Delicious, Vegan: Life Without Heart Disease , by Sherra Aguirre; Publication of Heart Disease Cookbook: Easy Plant-Based, Heart-Healthy Recipes , by Katie Reines; The Heart is the Capital, by Emily Dickinson.

Buddha’s Birthday; Birthday of Gary Francione; Publication of Ask the Animals: Developing a Biblical Animal Hermeneutic , edited by Arthur Walker-Jones and Suzanna Millar; Job 12:7-10.

World Fish Migration Day; World Turtle and Tortoise Day; A Passage from Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It.