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See also FOOD FESTIVALS for April

APRIL IS:

• Alcohol Awareness Month (since 1987)
   
• Defeat Diabetes Month (National Diabetes Month is November)
   
• Fresh Florida Tomato Month [Florida Tomato Commission] - fresh tomatoes are harvested from every growing district in Florida in April.
  · Florida Facts & Trivia  ·  Tomato Facts & Trivia
  
  · Tomato Kitchen Tips  ·  Tomato Recipes
  
  · Tomatoes and Taxes
   
• Global Child Nutrition Month
  · [Global Child Nutrition Foundation]
  
  · Food Scarcity & Hunger Articles
   
• National B.L.T. Month
  (Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich Trivia)
   
• National Garden Month [National Gardening Assoc]
   
• National Grange Month [National Grange - advocates for rural America and Agriculture]
   
• Grilled Cheese Month  (origin unknown)
  · International Grilled Cheese
   
• National Pecan Month [Nat’l Pecan Shellers Assn]
  
  · Pecan Facts & Trivia  · A Nut from America
   
• National Soft Pretzel Month
  · History of the Pretzel
  
  · Soft Pretzel Recipe  · Another Pretzel Recipe
   
• National Soyfoods Month [Began in 1996 by the Soyfoods Assn of North America]
  
  · Soybean Facts & Trivia
   

VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

DAYS

• Banana Day, [Westchester University, PA]  (April 15, 2020 - 3rd Wed in April)
   
• Easter Sunday in 2020 is April 12 (can be March or April)
   
• International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day (2020 is October 17) An international celebration of raw-milk cheese and the individuals who bring it to life from the pasture to the plate. [Oldways Cheese Coalition]
   
• National Arbor Day [Arbor Day Foundation]
  (April 24, 2020 - last Friday in April - many states observe different dates according to best local tree planting times)
   
• [National 30 Hour Famine] (Feb 28-29, 2020 and April 24-25, 2020) Students in the U.S. and around the world unite to learn about hunger, raise funds to help the hungry, and then go hungry themselves for 30 hours!
   
• National Burrito Day (April 2, 2020 - 1st Thurs)
  (Burrito Recipes)
   
• [Bermuda Peppercorn Ceremony]  (April 22, 2020, usually held on the Wednesday closest to St. George’s Day, April 23).  A major annual ceremonial event in St. George, when the Governor officially receives one Peppercorn from a Freemason official. In 1816 Bermuda's capital moved from St. George to Hamilton City. The old stone State House, built in 1619, was given to the Freemasons for an annual rent of One Peppercorn.
   
• [World Fish Migration Day  (Next date is October 24, 2020) To create awareness of the importance of open rivers and migratory fish.

WEEKS

• Egg Salad Week in 2020 is April 13-18 (week after Easter, March or April) Dedicated to the many delicious uses for all of the Easter eggs that have been cooked, colored, hidden and found.
   
• National Library Week (April 19-25, 2020)
    [American Library Association]
   
• National Public Health Week: April 6-12, 2020 (1st full week in April) [American Public Health Assoc.]
   
• National Procrastination Week was last month
   
• Stewardship Week - April 26-May 3, 2020 (last Sun in April to 1st Sun in May) [Nat’l Assoc. of Conservation Districts] To encourage conserving natural resources for our future. 2020 Theme is 'Where would we BEE without Pollinators?'
   
• [UK Coffee Week(April 27 - May 3, 2020 - Can be in April or May).  COFFEE WEEK HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO AUTUMN - NEW DATES TO FOLLOW.  The nation’s largest celebration of coffee, all for a good cause.
   
• UK: National Gardening Week: April 27-May 3, 2020  [Royal Horticultural Society]  Encouraging gardners to share their love of gardening.