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See FOOD FESTIVALS for June

JUNE IS:

• California Avocado Month - Peak California Avocado Season [California Avocado Commission]
  (Avocado Trivia  ---  Guacamole Recipes)
   
• Georgia Blueberry Month (Peak season for Georgia blueberries)  (Blueberry History & Terminology)
  (Blueberry Trivia & Facts)
   
• Grain of the Month: Sorghum
  [Whole Grains Council]
   
• Men’s Health Month [menshealthmonth.org/]
   
• National Beef Steak Month (Beef Steak Recipes)
  (Beef Trivia & Facts  ---  Beef Quotes)
   
• National Candy Month  (Candy Trivia & Facts)
   
• National Dairy Month: Began in 1937 as National Milk Month to promote drinking milk.
  (Dairy Articles  ---  Milk Trivia  ---  Milk Quotes)
   
• National Dairy Alternative Month
   
• National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
  (Fruit Articles  ---  Vegetable Articles & Recipes)
  (Fruit Quotes  ---  Vegetable Quotes)
   
• National Iced Tea Month (Iced Tea Trivia & Facts)
   
• National Mango Month: peak month for fresh mangos (Mango Trivia & Facts)
   
• National Papaya Month ? (also September)
  (Papaya Trivia and Facts)
   
• National Soul Food Month (The yearly recognition grew out of the “Grits and Green Conferences” developed and produced by the [Culinary Historians of Chicago] in 2000 and 2001).
   
• National Steakhouse Month
   
• Turkey Lovers' Month [National Turkey Federation]
  (Turkey Trivia  -  Turkey Recipes  - Turkey Quotes)
   
• June was temporarily National Seafood Month a few years ago as a marketing experiment, but was moved back to its original month, October.
   

VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

DAYS

• 1st day of Summer (June 21, 2023). Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year. It is the shortest day in the Southern Hemisphere. (can be June 20 or 21)
   
• Father's Day: Cook your father his favorite meal today. (3rd Sunday - June 18, 2023)
   
• National Donut Day (1st Friday - June 2, 2023)
  [The Salvation Army]    (Donut Trivia & Facts)
   
• Family Health & Fitness Day (June 10, 2023 - 2nd Sat) [National Recreation & Park Association]    Promotes the importance of parks and recreation in keeping communities healthy and active.
   
• National Moonshine Day (June 1, 2023 - 1st Thurs - some sources say it is always on June 5)
   
• National Rosé Day (June 10, 2023 -2nd Sat in June)  [Bodvár – House of Rosés]
   
• National Turkey Lovers' Day (June 18, 2023 - 3rd Sun in June)  [National Turkey Federation]
   
• [World Gin Day] (June 10, 2023 - 2nd Saturday)
   
• World Food Safety Day (June 7, 2023)
  [foodsafetyday.org/]
   
• World Tapas Day (June 15, 2023, 3rd Thurs) (Designated by Spain's Tourism Institute in 2016)
  (Tapas: Magic Mouthfulls)
   
• Denmark: Jyllinge Eel Festival (June 3, 2023 - 1st Sat in June) Festival celebrated since 1968. Every restaurant in town serves fried eel.
   
• Japan: Day of the Rice God (June 4, 2023 - 1st Sun) Annual rice-transplanting festival. Shinto rice god Wbai-sama. (Rice Trivia and Facts)
   
• UK: National Fish and Chip Day (June 2, 2023)  [Nat'l Edible Oil Dist. Assn]
   
• UK: National Cream Tea Day (June 30, 2023)  [Cream Tea Society]
   

WEEKS

• Alex's Lemonade Days (June 3-11, 2023) [Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation]
  (Lemonade Recipes)
   
• Capitol Hill Ocean Week (June 6-8, 2023) [National Marine Sanctuary Foundation] Explore the ocean-climate connection and how we can make ocean conservation part of climate strategies and nationally determined contributions to address climate change. 
   
• Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June 10-17, 2023 - 2nd to 3rd Sat in June) [American Dairy Goat Assn]  (Goat Trivia & Facts)
   
• [Men’s Health Week] (June 12-18, 2023)  (week leading up to and including Father’s Day)
   
• National Fishing & Boating Week: June 3-11, 2023
  [Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation]
  (Articles About Fish & Fishing)
   
• National Garden Week (June 4-10, 2023)
  [National Garden Clubs Inc]
   
• [National Pollinator Week] (June 19-25, 2023) Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites of food.
   
• UK: British Tomato Fortnight: May 29-June 11, 2023  [British Tomato Growers’ Association]
   
• UK: English Wine Week (June 17-25, 2023)
  [Wines of Great Britain]
   
• UK: [National Picnic Week] (June 17-25, 2023)
  (Picnic Trivia & Facts)
   
• June is a very big month for Food Festivals of all kinds: Barbecue, Chicken, Food Truck, Peach, Strawberry, Watermelon, Beer & Wine and many others.
  See Food Festivals section for over 9,000 festivals!