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.
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/
September 13, 2025

National Peanut Day; Feast Day of St. John Chrysostom; Birthday of Mary Midgley; Birthday of Stella McCartney; Prayer by Albert Schweitzer.
September 12, 2025

World Dolphin Day; Publication of, The Alzheimer’s Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age, by Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai; Publication of How to End Injustice Everywhere: Understanding the Common Denominator Driving All Injustices, to Create a Better World for Humans, Animals, and the Planet, by Melanie Joy PhD The Dolphin, by Oliver Herford.
September 11, 2025

Birthday of Moby; Effective Animal Researchers Network of Africa; Conference for Animal Rights in Europe; a portion of William Wordsworth's poem, The Kitten and Falling Leaves.
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https://www.facebook.com/events/954924373330530
September 10, 2025

Feast Day of St. Nicholas of Tolentino; Vegan Theology: For the Least of These Podcast published their first episode; Publication of Love the Foods That Love You Back, by Cathy Katin-Grazzini;; Isaiah 11:6-9
September 09, 2025

Birthday of Leo Tolstoy: Birthday of Sam Carter; Reading from Leo Tolstoy’s, Esarhaddon, King of Assyria
September 08, 2025

Birthday of Andrew Tyler; Publication of Animal Camp: Lessons in Love and Hope from Rescued Farm Animals, by Kathy Stevens; Release of Slay: The Film That Gets Under Fashion’s Skin; The Lamb, by William Blake
September 07, 2025

National Acorn Squash Day; National Salami Day; Birthday of Chrissie Hynde; A Red Man’s Thoughts, by Tso-le-oh-woh.
September 06, 2025

International Vulture Awareness Day; National Hummingbird Day; Birthday of Marc Bekoff; Publication of Bird Brain: An Exploration of Avian Intelligence, by Nathan Emery; The Humming-Bird, by Emily Dickinson.
September 05, 2025

Publication of The Rights of Nature: A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World, by David Boyd; Publication of Fellow Creatures, by Christine Korsgaard; Publication of, Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?, by Gary Francione; Meditation for peace and freedom of all creatures
September 04, 2025

National Wildlife Day; Release of My Octopus Teacher documentary; Prayer by Margaret Wise Brown, Dear Father.
September 03, 2025

National Mushroom Month; The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants, by Emily Dickinson.
September 02, 2025

Birthday of Donald Watson; Birthday of Cleveland Amory; Birthday of Dr. Melanie Joy; Poem by Rachel Lyman Field, Something Told the Wild Geese
September 01, 2025

International Primate’s Day; B-day of Asa Keisar; Publication of Meatonomics; Publication of The A.L.F. Strikes Again. Torah reading, Gen. 1:26-31
August 31, 2025

National Zoo Awareness Day; The Panther, by Rainer Maria Rilke.
August 30, 2025

International Whale Shark Day; Birthday of Mary Shelley; Birthday of Sylvia Earle; A quote from Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley.
August 29, 2025

Individual Rights Day; Liberty, by James Whitcomb Riley.
August 28, 2025

Birthday of Jennifer Coolidge; Publication of “Animal Ethics and Behavioral Science: An Overdue Discussion,” in BioScience Journal; Sonnet: To Science, by Edgar Allan Poe.
August 27, 2025

National Peach Day; Birthday of Tony Kanal; Peach, by D. H. Lawrence.
August 26, 2025

World Painted Dog Day; Amy Soranno Gave Her Statement; A Portion of Amy Soranno’s Statement.
https://excelsior4.org/amystatement
August 25, 2025

National Coconut Week; Birthday of Marti Kheel; Publication of Companion Animal Ethics, by Peter Sandøe, Sandra Corr, and Clare Palmer; Vendor of Green Coconuts, by Muna Lee.
August 24, 2025

William Wilberforce Day; Birthday of Antoine Goetschel; A Reading from, “Abolition Speech,” by William Wilberforce.
August 23, 2025

Publication of The Thirty-Day Vegan Challenge, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau; Publication of Vegan Ethics: AMORE—Five Reasons to Choose Vegan, by Lisa Kemmerer; Publication of Be a Plant Based Woman Warrior: Live Fierce, Stay Bold, Eat Delicious: A Cookbook, by Jane and Ann Esselstyn; For Fear, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
August 22, 2025

World Plant Milk Day; The Pasture, by Robert Frost.
August 21, 2025

International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism; PETA was Incorporated; A Divine Image, by William Blake.
August 20, 2025

National Bacon Lovers’ Day; A Song in Summer, by Sophie Jewett.
August 19, 2025

World Orangutan Day; National Potato Day; Birthday of Alex Pacheco; Birthday of Gary Yourofsky; The Potato, by Lillian E. Curtis.
August 18, 2025

Never Give Up Day; Birthday of Madeleine Petsch; Keep Going, by Edgar Guest.
August 17, 2025

World Eggplant Day; Publication of Animal Farm, by George Orwell; A Reading from The Animal Farm, by George Orwell.
August 16, 2025

International Homeless Animals Day; St. Roch’s Day; Birthday of James Cameron; Birthday of Evanna Lynch; Stray Cat, by Francis Witham, from All-Creatures.org.
August 15, 2025

Publication of Animal Ethics for Veterinarians, edited by Clair and Andrew Linzey; The International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine, hosted by PCRM; A Prayer, by Carol J. Adams.
August 14, 2025

World Lizard Day; The Lizard, by Edwin Markham.
August 13, 2025

International Wolf Day; A Night with a Wolf, by Bayard Taylor.
August 12, 2025

World Elephant Day; The Blind Men and the Elephant, by John Godfrey Saxe.
August 11, 2025

National Fufu Day; Publication of Adventures of a Pangopup, by Terri Tatchell; There Was a Child Went Forth Every Day by Walt Whitman.
August 10, 2025

World Lion Day; Melon Day; Publication of Fighting Nature: Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows, by Peta Tait; The Lion Going To War, by Jean de La Fontaine.
August 09, 2025

National Book Lovers Day; There is no Frigate Like a Book, by Emily Dickinson.