Vegan's Almanac

National Homemade Soup Day; Birthday of Karen Davis; Birthday of Tabitha Brown; Publication of Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health, by Dr. Neal Barnard; Beautiful Soup, by Lewis Carroll.

Feed the Birds Day; Birthday of Isa Chandra Moskowitz; The first episode of the Switch4Good Podcast; Publication of Okapi Loves His Zebra Pants, by Terri Tatchell and illustrated by Ivan Sulima; Miracles, by Walt Whitman.

Groundhog Day; Hedgehog Day; The Mower, by Philip Larkin.

February is Potato Lovers’ Month, Sweet Potato Month, and Grapefruit Month; Birthday of Ruben Albarran; Publication of Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes Towards Speciesism, by Richard D. Ryder; Publication of Free the Animals, 20th Anniversary Edition, by Ingrid Newkirk; Publication of Changing the Game, by Norman Phelps; Publication of Enter the Animal: Cross-species Perspectives on Grief and Spirituality, by Teya Brooks Pribac; February Twilight, by Sara Teasdale.

International Zebra Day; Eat Your Brussels Sprouts Day; National Seed Swap Day; Birthday of Anthony Benezet; Publication of Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law, by Katy Barnett and Jeremy Gans; Matthew 22:37-40.

Hug a Jicama Day; Birthday of Dexter Scott King; Birthday of Heather Nicholson; A Portion of Dr. Martin Luther King’s, Letter From a Birmingham Jail.

Seeing Eye Guide Dog Anniversary; Freethinkers Day; Birthday of Isabel Lucas; Luke 4:18-19.

Rattlesnake Day; Birthday of Dr. Garth Davis; Release of Skin Trade documentary; A Portion of Snake, by D. H. Lawrence.

Birthday of James Cromwell; Birthday of Alan Cumming; Birthday of Hannah Teter; Sermons We See, by Edgar Guest.

Birthday of Benjamin Lay; Birthday of Angela Davis, Publication of If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity, by Justin Gregg; A Reading from Job 38.

Kiss a Shark Week; The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter, by Marc Bekoff; Basking Shark, by Norman MacCaig.

Birthday of Bryant Terry; Buddhism and Veganism: Essays Connecting Spiritual Awakening and Animal Liberation, by Will M. Tuttle, illustrated by Madeleine Tuttle; The Dog King, A Buddhist Tale.

National Rhubarb Day; Big Garden Birdwatch; Rhubarb, by Sheila Packa.

Birthday of Linda Blair; Publication of The High-Protein Vegan Cookbook: 125+ Hearty Plant-Based Recipes, by Ginny Kay McMeans; Publication of The Plant Powered Palate: A Vibrant Vegan Cookbook, by The Secret Chef; A Meditation on the Sacredness of Life.

Squirrel Appreciation Day; Release of The Invisible Vegan Film; Publication of Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing, by Gayle Boss, illustrated by David Klein; Publication of Vegan Bodybuilding Cookbook: 100 High Protein Recipes to Eat Healthy, Lose Weight and Gain Muscles Fast, by Howie Dyson; Fable, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Penguin Awareness Day; A Penguin, by Oliver Herford.

Tenderness Toward Existence Day; Release of Blackfish documentary; Genesis 1:20-23.

National Peking Duck Day; The Muscovy Duck, by Henry Lawson.

Popeye Day; Birthday of Catherine Booth; Birthday of The Plant Based News (PBN) Podcast; Washerwoman, by Carl Sandburg.

National Quinoa Day; International Hot and Spicy Foods Day; An Incan Hymn, translated by John Curl.

Alice Drakoules’ Passing; Birthday of Jill Phipps; Birthday of Gunhild Stordalen; Publication of On God and Dogs: A Christian Theology of Compassion for Animals, by Stephen H. Webb; Publication of Teff Love: Adventures in Vegan Ethiopian Cooking, by Kittee Berns; Publication of Liberate: Animal Liberation Above The Law, Stories And Lessons On The Animal Liberation Front, Animal Rights Activism, & The Animal Liberation Underground, by Peter Young; Life, by Edgar Guest.

Feast of the Ass Day; Birthday of Albert Schweitzer; Numbers 22: Balaam and The Donkey.

Birthday of Claire Vallee; Publication of Mega Milk: Essays on Family, Fluidity, Whiteness, and Cows, by Megan Milks; Friendship, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Birthday of Rob Zombie; Birthday of Heather Mills; Publication of After Noah: Animals and the Liberation of Theology, by Andrew Linzey and Dan Cohn-Sherbok; Publication of What’s Missing From Medicine: Six Lifestyle Changes to Overcome Chronic Illness, by Dr. Saray Stancic; Quote From Dr. Andrew Linzey.

National Milk Day; Birthday of Alice Paul; Birthday of Ray Raghunath Cappo; No More, by Youth of Today.

National Save the Eagles Day; The Eagle, by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

National Apricot Day; First Episode of “How To Vegan Podcast” with Kristen Pound; A Prayer by Carol J. Adams.

National Snuggle a Chicken Day; Publication of Animalia Americana: Animal Representations and Biopolitical Subjectivity , by Colleen Boggs; The Rooster, by Abu'l Qasim As'ad ibn Billita.

Birthday of Sir Lewis Hamilton; Publication of Radical Revolution: The fight for animal liberation, by Stephen Saunders; Publication of AnimalKind, by Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone; Philippians 4:8.

National Bean Day; Birthday of Murray Rose; Birthday of Derrick Morgan, Publication of What Animals Teach Us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature, by Beth Berkowitz; I Believe In The Sun Even When It Is Not Shining, author unknown.

National Bird Day (U.S.); Publication of Animal Liberation Front : Complete Diary Of Actions- 40+ Year Timeline Of The A.L.F., And The Militant Animal Rights Movement, by Peter Young; Birds, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Birthday of Sir Isaac Newton; Birthday of Joyce Tischler; Publication of Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Paul Waldau; Publication of Animals Are Not Ours (No, Really, They’re Not): An Evangelical Animal Liberation Theology, by Sarah Withrow King; Quote by Sir Isaac Newton.

Birthday of Greta Thunberg; Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, by Martha C. Nussbaum; January, by Helen Hunt Jackson.

Apple and Apricot Month; Artichoke and Asparagus Month; Tubers and Dried Fruit Month; Fiber Focus Month. Western Feast Day for St. Basil; Birthday of Matt Ball; Publication of On Animals: Volume I: Systematic Theology, by David L. Clough; The North Wind Doth Blow.

Eat Black-Eyed Peas and Collard Greens Day; Publication of the following books: In the Shadow of Man, by Jane Goodall; The Dark Face of Science, by John Vyvyan; Political Theory and Animal Rights, by Andrew Linzey; Animals, Property, and the Law, by Gary Francione; Animal Theology, by Andrew Linzey; The Heretic’s Feast: A History of Vegetarianism, by Colin Spencer; The Livewire Guide to Going, Being, and Staying Veggie!, by Juliet Gellatley; Alternatives to the Harmful Use of Non Human Animals in Veterinary Medical Education, by Nedim Buyukmihci; Speciesism, by Joan Dunayer; Get Political for Animals and Win the La...

World Peace Meditation Day; A Guided Meditation From Dr. Lisa Miller.

National Bacon Day; A Prayer by Carol J Adams.

Still Need to Do Day – Sign Up For Veganuary at Veganuary.com; The Bodhisattva Vow.

Holy Innocents Day; National Short Film Day; Birthday of Elaine Hendrix; Holy Innocents, by Christina Rosetti.

International Day for Epidemic Preparedness; Birthday of DaQuan Jones; Publication of On Animals Volume II: Theological Ethics, by David Clough; Publication of Tyranny or Fraternity: The Perspective of Animal Liberation Theology, by Marco Túlio Procópio; Fear by Kahlil Gibran.