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See FOOD FESTIVALS for April Food & Beverage Festivals

APRIL IS:

• Alcohol Awareness Month  (National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence - www.ncadd.org/)
• Bacon Month (Baconfest Chicago)
    · Bacon Facts & Trivia  · Bacon Cooking Tips
    · Bacon: the Next Health Craze?
• Defeat Diabetes Month
  [Defeat Diabetes Foundation]
• 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 (origin unknown)
• 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

• (Easter Sunday in 2016 is March 27 - can be March or April)
• National Arbor Day (April 29, 2016 - last Friday in April - many states observe different dates according to best local tree planting times)
• National 30 Hour Famine (Feb 26-27 & April 29-30, 2016) 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!
• Raw-Milk Cheese Appreciation Day (April 16, 2016) An international celebration of raw-milk cheese.
  [Oldways Cheese Coalition]
• Bermuda Peppercorn Ceremony  (April 20, 2016 [held on the Wednesday closest to St. George’s Day, April 23]).
• UK: English Breakfast Day (April 3, 2016 - 1st Sun) The English Breakfast Society

WEEKS

• Egg Salad Week in 2016 is March 28-April 3 (week after Easter, March or April) [American Egg Board]
  Dedicated to the many delicious uses for all of the Easter eggs that have been cooked, colored, hidden and found.
• National Library Week (April 10-16, 2016)
• National Public Health Week: April 4-10, 2016 (1st full week in April) [American Public Health Assoc.]
• National Procrastination Week was last month
• National Week of the Ocean - (March 29 - April 4, 2015 - Can be in March, April or May)
• Stewardship Week - April 24-May 1, 2016 (last Sun in April to 1st Sun in May) [National Association of Conservation Districts] To encourage conserving natural resources for our future.
• UK: Canned Food Week: March 30-April 5, 2015 Celebrating the versatility of canned food.
• UK Coffee Week (April 11-17, 2016 - can be April or May)
• UK: International Dining Week (April 18-24, 2016) Celebrating the diversity of international cuisines enjoyed in Britain.
• UK: National Gardening Week: April 11-17, 2016
  [Royal Horticultural Society]