Vegan's Almanac
The Vegan's Almanac is a five-minute daily show highlighting some good news in the world of veganism. And it will end with a moment of beauty, a prayer, a poem, a meditation, a hymn, something that will inspire you each day with the hope of a nonviolent world.
October 23, 2025

Swallows Depart From San Juan Capistrano Day; International Snow Leopard Day; Publication of Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism, edited by Andrew and Clair Linzey; Swallows, by Leonora Speyer.
October 22, 2025

International Wombat Day; National Nut Day; Publication of Consider the Turkey, by Peter Singer; Prayer by Carol J. Adams.
October 21, 2025

Reptile Awareness Day; National Apple Day; After Apple Picking, by Robert Frost.
October 20, 2025

Birthday of Rich Roll; Publication of Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence, by Marc Bekoff; Publication of Why Vegan?: Eating Ethically, by Peter Singer; Proverbs 12:10.
October 19, 2025

National Wolf Awareness Week; Birthday of John Woolman; Protest, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
October 18, 2025

World Okapi Day; International Sloth Day; Release of Propagandhi’s album, Potemkin City Limits; A reading from Matthew 25.
October 17, 2025

International Sawfish Day; National Pasta Day; Publication of Vegan Kochen fur Alle, by Bjorn Moschinski; Release of Lucent documentary; The Quality of Mercy is Not Strained, by William Shakespeare.
October 16, 2025

World Cat Day; World Food Day; A Prayer from Dr. Andrew Linzey.
October 15, 2025

Pheasant Day; The VOSD begins rescuing dogs; Publication of Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death, by Susana Monso; I am the Voice of the Voiceless, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
October 14, 2025

Birthday of Chloe Coscarelli; Release of The Big Year movie; The Dew and the Bird, by Alexander Posey
October 13, 2025

Publication of DecolonizeYour Diet: Plant-Based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing by Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel; Climate Healers Moovement Mondays, Vegan Mentor Support Group; Every Day a Vegan Saves; The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost.
https://connectforanimals.com/event/1759906861626x455296771649306400
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October 12, 2025

Birthday of Dick Gregory; Birthday of Martin Balluch; First Episode of the Simply Vegan Podcast; Publication of The Korean Vegan Cookbook, by Joanne Lee Molinaro; Publication of VEGANS VERSUS THE VERSES: A Bible Handbook For the Vegan Activist by Steven Lee August; Jonah 4:11.
October 11, 2025

Birthday of Thich Nhat Hahn; Please Call Me by My True Names, by Thich Nhat Hahn.
October 10, 2025

Publication of How to Care About Animals: An Ancient Guide to Creatures Great and Small: Porphyry and Friends, Selected, Translated, and Introduced by M.D. Usher; Publication of I Hope You Fail: Ten Hater Statements Holding You Back from Getting Everything You Want, by Pinky Cole; A portion of William Blake’s poem, Auguries of Innocence.
October 09, 2025

Birthday of NIsha Vora; Communicating Effectively with Non-Vegans with Anita the Vegan Mindset Coach; Prayer by Carol J Adams.
https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-chili/#recipe
https://www.youtube.com/live/rST3UMSiRVs
October 08, 2025

World Octopus Day; National Salmon Day; Birthday of Pelle Strindlund; Birthday of Ali Trabizi; Robinson Jeffers’ poem, Salmon-Fishing.
October 07, 2025

Birthday of Myq Kaplan; Publication of Animal Liberation and Atheism: Dismantling the Procrustean Bed, by Kim Socha; The Cat and the Moon, by William Butler Yeats.
October 06, 2025

National Badger Day; Birthday of Alfoncie Austin; Publication of Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It, by Garth Davis, MD, If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking, by Emily Dickinson.
October 05, 2025

National Do Something Nice Day; Publication of The Visionary Vegan: A Guide to a Vibrant, Vegan Lifestyle, by Kristina Reslin; Leisure, by William Henry Davies.
October 04, 2025

Feast Day of St. Francis; World Animal Day; Birthday of Alicia Silverstone; Publication of For Love of Animals: Christian Ethics, Consistent Action, by Charles Camosy; Publication of Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations, by Tabitha Brown; Portion of a prayer by St. Francis of Assisi.
October 03, 2025

Birthday of Morgan Mitchell; Birthday of Ellsworth Edwin Wareham. Publication of All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings, by Gayle Boss; Publication of Happy Vegan, by Fearne Cotton; Reading from Romans 8.
October 02, 2025

Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi; World Day for Farmed Animals; Six Vows to Our Dear Animal Friends, by Robert Ryugen Doshin Yamada.
October 01, 2025

Publication of The Parrot's Lament and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity, by Eugene Linden; Publication of Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation, by Marc Bekoff; Publication of Meatsplaining: The Animal Agriculture Industry and the Rhetoric of Denial, edited by Jason Hannan; Release of Eating Our Way to Extinction; God’s World, by Edna St. Vincent Millay
September 30, 2025

Feast Day for St. Jerome; Founding of The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom; Release of 93 Cows documentary; The Plant Powered People Podcast; A prayer by Dr. Andrew Linzey.
September 29, 2025

International Goose Day; The Wild Geese, by W.S. Merwin
September 28, 2025

Birthday of Caroline Earle White; Birthday of Brigitte Bardot; Birthday of Peter Egan; Publication of Teaching Liberation: Essays on Social Justice, Animals, Veganism, and Education, edited by Agnes Trzak; Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Conscience and Remorse.egan
September 27, 2025

National Hunting and Fishing Day; Fish Amnesty Day; The Fish Turns Into A Man, And Then Into A Spirit, And Again Speaks, by Leigh Hunt.
September 26, 2025

World Cassowary Day; Release of Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home; Publication of Animals in Heaven?: A Catholic Pastoral Response to Questions about Animals, by Terry Martin; portion of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Queen Mab.
September 25, 2025

National Lobster Day; Birthday of Rashad Evans; Prayer for the Health and Happiness of All Beings.
September 24, 2025

World Gorilla Day; Birthday of Linda McCartney; Birthday of Jesus Mosterin; Release of Earthlings documentary; Arthur Schopenhauer quote.
September 23, 2025

Birthday of Joshua Evans; Birthday of Jermaine Dupri; Publication of Seeds of Change: The International Vegan Rights Alliance and the Vegan Rights Revolution, by Jeanette Rowley; Pied Beauty, by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
September 22, 2025

World Rhino Day; Birthday of Miyoko Schinner; Birthday of Joan Jett; Birthday of Kristi Funk, MD; Birthday of Ludvig Lindstrom; A Song For Harvest, by John Greenleaf Whittier.
September 21, 2025

Sea Otter Awareness Week; Birthday of Cass Sunstein; Release of The Milk System documentary; The End of Summer, by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
September 20, 2025

International Red Panda Day; Birthday of Henry Stephens Salt; Birthday of Lizzy Lind af Hageby; Quote from Fred Rogers.
September 19, 2025

Publication of Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies, by Ken Stone; Publication of The Buddhist Chef’s Homestyle Cooking: Simple, Satisfying Vegan Recipes for Sharing , by Jean-Philippe Cyr; Quote from the Buddhist text, The Lankavatara Sutra.
September 18, 2025

Publication of Radiant; Farm Animals Up Close and Personal, by Traer Scott; Thrive Alive Vegan Fest; a prayer, written by Carol J. Adams.
https://veganlinked.com/events/thrive-alive-vegan-fest/
September 17, 2025

World Manta Day; National Pet Bird Day; Sympathy, by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
September 16, 2025

Birthday of Dr. Anna Kingsford; Release of Game Changers documentary; Publication of The Vegan Creamery: Plant-Based Cheese, Milk, Ice Cream, and More, by Miyoko Schinner; Reading from Daniel Chapter One.
September 15, 2025

Adopt a Less-Adoptable Pet Week; Publication of Divinanimality: Animal Theory, Creaturely Theology, edited by Stephen D. Moore; a reading from Jacques Derrida’s, L'animal que donc je suis, The Animal That Therefore I am.
September 14, 2025

Farmed Animal Awareness Week; Release of the End of Meat documentary; The Triangle VegFest; a meditation for the well-being of the world.
https://vegfestexpos.com/triangle-vegfest-137/