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.
April 14, 2026
National Dolphin Day; Publication of Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace, by Carl Safina; The Dolphin, by Oliver Herford.
April 13, 2026
Birthday of Alan Clark; Birthday of Milo Runkle; Publication of Why Veganism Matters: The Moral Value of Animals, by Gary Francione; April, by Sara Teasdale.
April 12, 2026
Hamster Day; National Licorice Day; Publication of Green is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, by Will Potter; The Licorice Fields At Pontefract, by Sir John Betjeman.
April 11, 2026
National Catch and Release Day; Publication of Beyond Cages: Animal Law and Criminal Punishment, by Justin Marceau; Fish, by Elizabeth Bishop.
April 10, 2026
National Farmed Animals Day; Birthday of Daisy Ridley; Humanity, by William Wordsworth.
April 09, 2026
Jumbo Day; A Prayer, by Saengduean Lek Chailert.
April 08, 2026
National Dog Fighting Awareness Day; National Zoo Loversā Day; Forget the Camel: The Madcap World of Animal Festivals and What They Say about Being Human, by Elizabeth MeLampy; Captivity, by Amy Levy.
April 07, 2026
International Beaver Day; Publication of In Search of the Wild Tofurky: How a Business Misfit Pioneered Plant-Based Foods Before They Were Cool, by Seth Tibbott; Publication of The New Sentience: Reimagining Animal Poetry, edited by Ashley Capps and Allison Titus; Over in the Meadow.
April 06, 2026
Fresh Tomato Day; Birthday of Mariann Sullivan; Birthday of Regan Russell; An Early Martyr, by William Carlos Williams.
April 05, 2026
Publication of The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them, by Wayne Pacelle; Publication of The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness, by Sy Montgomery; Release of the documentary film, Eating You Alive; A Prayer by Carol J. Adams.
April 04, 2026
World Rat Day; International Carrot Day; The City Rat And The Country Rat, by Jean de La Fontaine.
April 03, 2026
World Aquatic Animal Day; Birthday of Jane Goodall; Release of the documentary film, The Smell of Money; Psalm 42.
April 02, 2026
First Episode of Plantstrong Podcast, Hosted by Rip Esselstyn; Publication of Plant You Scrappy Cooking: 140+ Plant-Based Zero-Waste Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet, by Carleigh Bodrug; Publication of Sub-Human: A 21st-Century Ethic; on Animals, Collective Liberation, and Us All, by Emma Hakansson; In April, by Rainer Maria Rilke.
April 01, 2026
International Bird Day; Be Kind to Spiders Week; National Sourdough Bread Day; Publication of The Inner World of Farmed Animals: Their Amazing Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Capacities, by Amy Hatkoff; Publication of The World Peace Diet (Tenth Anniversary Edition): Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony, by Will Tuttle; Publication of Oppressive Liberation: Sexism in Animal Activism, by Lisa Kemmerer; Home, by Jarod K. Anderson.
March 31, 2026
National Farm Workers Day; Birthday of Alasdair Cochrane; Publication of The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness, by Doug Lisle and Alan Goldhamer; The Farmer, by Amelia Barr.
March 30, 2026
Birthday of Donna DāErrico; Birthday of Matthew Pritchard; Publication of The Routledge Handbook of Vegan Studies, edited by Laura Wright; Publication of When Animals Rescue: Amazing True Stories about Heroic and Helpful Creatures, by Belinda Recio; Launch of TV Series, Evolving Vegan; A Prayer In Spring, by Robert Frost.
March 29, 2026
Palm Sunday; Release of the documentary film, Dominion; Hymn of Pity for Broken Birds and Beasts, by M. Frida Hartley.
March 28, 2026
Birthday of Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Publication of SALT: A Confessional Animal Liberation Narrative, by Coyote Jacobs; Publication of Plant-Powered Protein: Nutrition Essentials and Dietary Guidelines for All Ages, by Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina, and Cory Davis; March, by Madison Julius Cawein.
March 27, 2026
Birthday of Romesh Ranganathan; Publication of the first edition of Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism, by Michael Huemer; Joshua Katcher Interviewed on Main Street Vegan; March, by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard.
March 26, 2026
National Spinach Day; Bloomsbury Lecture: Carol J Adams on "The Sexual Politics of Meat in Authoritarian Times;" A Reading from, Great Precepts of the Highest Ranks.
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March 25, 2026
Manatee Appreciation Day; Whole Grain Sampling Day; Publication of Tongue-Tied: Breaking the Language Barrier to Animal Liberation, by Hanh Nguyen; Bhagavad Gita 2: 49.
March 24, 2026
Release of the documentary film, Seaspiracy; Birthday of Jessica Chastain; Publication of Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish, by John Hargrove and Howard Chua-Eoan; Prayer for our Dear Aquatic Animal Friends, by Ryugen Doshin Yamada.
March 23, 2026
National Coyote Day; Birthday of Josh Tetrick, Founder of Eat Just, Inc.; Coyote, by Bret Harte.
March 22, 2026
International Seal Day; National Broccoli Day; Birthday of Baroness Muriel Dowding; Founding of PETA; The White Seal, by Rudyard Kipling.
Dr. Michael Gregorās website, nutritionfacts.org
Recipe: https://www.loveandlemons.com/vegan-broccoli-soup/
March 21, 2026
Birthday of Victoria Moran; Birthday of Sunaura Taylor; Publication of The Human Use of Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice 2nd Edition, by Tom Beauchamp, et al.; Publication of How Animals Grieve, by Barbara J. King; A Moment to Imagine.
March 20, 2026
World Sparrow Day; World Frog Day; Great American Meatout Day; Birthday of Fred Rogers; Matthew 10:29.
March 19, 2026
National Poultry Day; Publication of Defiant Daughters: 21 Women on Art, Activism, Animals, and The Sexual Politics of Meat, by Wendy Lee; First Episode of Think Like a Vegan Podcast, with Emilia Leese; Publication of Secrets of the Octopus, by Sy Montgomery and Warren Carlyle IV; I Asked My Love, by Abu Said.
March 18, 2026
National Agriculture Day; Publication of Comida Casera: More Than 100 Vegan Recipes, from Traditional to Modern Mexican Dishes, by Dora Ramirez; Unpaid TSA Workers will Receive Free Vegan Groceries From PETA; Bread, by H.E. Wilkinson.
March 17, 2026
Birthday of Barry Horne; First Episode of Plant Based Eating For Health Podcast, with Kathleen Gage; A Reading From Matthew 5.
March 16, 2026
National Panda Day; National Artichoke Day; Birthday of All Vegan Franks; A Painting of Bamboo, by Yang Chi.
March 15, 2026
Buzzards Day; Birthday of will.i.am; First Episode of The Korean Vegan Podcast with Joanne Molinaro; Hopi Folktale.
March 14, 2026
National Save a Spider Day; Birthday of Dr. T. Colin Campbell; Birthday of Preacher Lawson; The Spider, by H. P. Nichols.
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March 13, 2026
National Good Samaritan Day; Launching of The Vegan Gym Podcast; A Hindu Story.
March 12, 2026
Popcorn Lovers Day; Publication of Animal Architects: Building and the Evolution of Intelligence, by James and Carol Gould; Publication of Mama's Last Hug, by Frans de Waal; The Popping Corn Song, Author Unknown.
March 11, 2026
Key Deer Awareness Day; Birthday of David Olivier; Fabliau of Florida, by Wallace Stevens.
March 10, 2026
National Wildlife Rehabilitators Appreciation Day; International Lime Day; Salvation Army Day; Birthday of Tom Scholz; Birthday of Colin McGinn; Corporate America, by Tom Scholz.
March 09, 2026
National American Paddlefish Day; National Aardvark Week; World Kidney Day; Publication of Animal Intelligence: How Much Animals Know, by George Romanes and Frederik Fernald; A Blessing, by Muhammad Muwakil.
March 08, 2026
Birthday of Colleen Patrick-Goudreau; Birthday of Beyond Meat; Publication of Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights, by Sherry Colb and Michael Dorf; a portion of Psalm 30.
March 07, 2026
Plant Power Day; Birthday of Muni Shri Viharsh Sagar; Publication of Clever As a Fox: Animal Intelligence And What It Can Teach Us About Ourselves, by Sonja Yoerg; Publication of Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation, by Sunaura Taylor; Release of What the Health Documentary; a Jain Prayer.
March 06, 2026
International Festival of Owls; Birthday of Marianne Thieme; Birthday of Dotsie Bausch; A Wise Old Owl, Author Unknown.