Vegan's Almanac

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By: Sarah Hale

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.

March 14, 2026
#609
Today at 6:01 AM

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
#608
Yesterday at 6:01 AM

National Good Samaritan Day; Launching of The Vegan Gym Podcast; A Hindu Story.


March 12, 2026
#607
Last Thursday at 6:01 AM

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
#606
Last Wednesday at 6:01 AM

Key Deer Awareness Day; Birthday of David Olivier; Fabliau of Florida, by Wallace Stevens.


March 10, 2026
#605
Last Tuesday at 6:01 AM

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
#604
Last Monday at 6:01 AM

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
#603
Last Sunday at 7:01 AM

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
#602
03/06/2026

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
#601
03/06/2026

International Festival of Owls; Birthday of Marianne Thieme; Birthday of Dotsie Bausch; A Wise Old Owl, Author Unknown.


March 05, 2026
#600
03/05/2026

Dolphin Awareness Month; Berries and Cherries Month; Dear March - Come In, by Emily Dickinson.


March 04, 2026
#599
03/04/2026

Words Matter Week; National Salt Awareness Week; Publication of Farm Sanctuary, by Gene Baur; Matthew 5:13.


March 03, 2026
#598
03/03/2026

World Wildlife Day; Publication of The Politics of Animal Experimentation, by Dan Lyons; Publication of Christianity and the Rights of Animals, by Andrew Linzey; Publication of Voices for Animal Liberation: Inspirational Accounts by Animal Rights Activists, by Brittany Michelson; Publication of Farmed Animals on Film: A Manifesto for a New Ethic, by Stephen Marcus Finn; A Prayer by Yunus Emre.


March 02, 2026
#597
03/02/2026

International Rescue Cat Day; National Celery Month; Birthday of Robert Cheeke; Birthday of Nathalie Emmanuel; Quote from George Eliot.


March 01, 2026
#596
03/01/2026

National Pig Day; Saint David’s Day; Birthday of Conrad Beissel; Birthday of Brendan Brazier; Birthday of Daniella Monet; Birthday of Ahmad Noori; A Reading From E.B. White’s, Charlotte’s Web.


February 28, 2026
#595
02/28/2026

National Vegan Lipstick Day; Birthday of Rukmini Devi Arundale; She Walks In Beauty, by Lord Byron


February 27, 2026
#594
02/27/2026

International Polar Bear Day; National Protein Day; Publication of Love and Liberation: An Animal Liberation Front Story, by Sarat Colling and Anthony Nocella; Fire and Ice, by Robert Lee Frost.


February 26, 2026
#593
02/26/2026

National Pistachio Day; Grapefruit Day in Japan; Birthday of Dr. William Lambe; Birthday of Erykah Badu; Publication of Animal Wise: How We Know Animals Think and Feel, by Virginia Morell; Publication of Tarsier Sings His Song: Endangered and Misunderstood Animals, by Terri Tatchell, illustrated by Ivan Sulima; Publication of Beauty of the Beasts: Rethinking Nature's Least Loved Animals, by Jo Wimpenny; Young Singer, by Langston Hughes.


February 25, 2026
#592
02/25/2026

Inconvenience Yourself Day; Publication of Power Foods for the Brain: An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory, by Neal Barnard, MD; Publication of On Their Own Terms: Animal Liberation for the 21st Century, by Lee Hall, foreword by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson; On Friendship, by Kahlil Gibran.


February 24, 2026
#591
02/24/2026

Whooping Crane Festival; Birthday of Dick Goddard; Publication of Creaturely Theology: God, Humans and Other Animals, by Celia Deane-Drummond and David Clough; A Reading from Hebrews 12.


February 23, 2026
#590
02/23/2026

Birthday of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi; Birthday of Brahmarishi Mohanji; Birthday of Mirco Bergamasco; Publication of Animal Rights Law by Raffael Fasel & Sean C Butler; Mantra: Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.


February 22, 2026
#589
02/22/2026

National Justice for Animals Week; National Cook a Sweet Potato Day; Birthday of Willie Smits; Release of Food For Profit Documentary; Micah 6:8.


February 21, 2026
#588
02/21/2026

World Pangolin Day; Birthday of Sue Coe; A Prayer, by Carol J. Adams.


February 20, 2026
#587
02/20/2026

Birthday of Angelina Grimke; Birthday of Lucy Watson; Publication of Animal Liberation Temple Prayer Book, by Robert Ryugen Doshin Yamada; The Six Vows to Our Dear Animal Friends, by Ryugen Doshin Yamada.


February 19, 2026
#586
02/19/2026

Arabian Horse Day; The Horse Performs A Duā Every Morning.


February 18, 2026
#585
02/18/2026

Ash Wednesday; Birthday of Bernard Rollin; Creature Kind’s Ash Wednesday Liturgies.


February 17, 2026
#584
02/17/2026

Chinese New Year; National Random Acts of Kindness Day; Champion Crab Races Day; National Cabbage Day; The Cabbage, by Madison Julius Cawein.


February 16, 2026
#583
02/16/2026

World Whale Day; World Almond Day; Birthday of Gretchen Wyler; Birthday of Rip Esselstyn; The Whale, by John Donne.


February 15, 2026
#582
02/15/2026

World Hippopotamus Day; National Clementine Day; Birthday of Jeremy Bentham; Birthday of Matthieu Ricard; The Hippopotamus, by T.S. Eliot.


February 14, 2026
#581
02/14/2026

World Bonobo Day; Publication of Vystopia:the anguish of being vegan in a non-vegan world, by Clare Mann; A Folk Tale From The Congo.


February 13, 2026
#580
02/13/2026

National Cheddar Day; First Episode of The Brand New Vegan Podcast; Publication of How To Argue With A Meat Eater (And Win Every Time, by Ed Winters; Keep Going, by Edgar Guest.


February 12, 2026
#579
02/12/2026

National Plum Day; Darwin Day; Birthday of Kane Richardson; This Is Just To Say, by William Carlos Williams.


February 11, 2026
#578
02/11/2026

Birthday of Thomas Edison; Birthday of Dr. Brooke Goldner; Publication of Animal Rights, by Mark Rowlands; Thoughts, by Myra Viola Wilds.


February 10, 2026
#577
02/10/2026

World Ag Expo; World Pulses Day; Release of Pignorant film; Hope is the Thing With Feathers, by Emily Dickinson.


February 09, 2026
#576
02/09/2026

National Bagel and Lox Day; Birthday of J.M. Coetzee; Birthday of Alice Walker; Birthday of Steve Sapontzis; Luke 4:18-21.


February 08, 2026
#575
02/08/2026

PETA’s Hands Off My Breasts Super Bowl XL Campaign; Release of Punk Rock Vegan Movie; Vegan Future, by Street Justice.


February 07, 2026
#574
02/07/2026

Birthday of Dr. Andrew Linzey; First Episode of The Disclosure Podcast, with Ed Winters; A prayer from Animal Rites, by Andrew Linzey.


February 06, 2026
#573
02/06/2026

Birthday of Richard "Humanity Dick" Martin; Publication of Confronting Animal Exploitation: Grassroots Essays on Liberation and Veganism, by Kim Socha and Sarahjane Blum; Publication of Sweet Potato Soul, by JennƩ Claiborne; Publication of The Plant-Based Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook, by Linda Tyler; Invictus, by William Ernest Henley.


February 05, 2026
#572
02/05/2026

Western Monarch Day; Publication of The Blueprint, Fur Farm List: Ending The Fur Industry, A Complete Guide For Animal Rights Activists, by Peter Young; To a Butterfly, by William Wordsworth.


February 04, 2026
#571
02/04/2026

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.


February 03, 2026
#570
02/03/2026

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.