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APRIL: Today in Food History

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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 Trivia  ·  Tomato Facts ·  Tomato Quotes
  
  · Tomato Kitchen Tips  ·  Tomatoes and Taxes
   
• Global Child Nutrition Month
  · [Global Child Nutrition Foundation]
  · Food Scarcity & Hunger Articles
   
• Grain of the Month: Sprouted Grains
  [Whole Grains Council]
   
• National B.L.T. Month
  · Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich Trivia
   
• National Garden Month [National Garden Bureau]
  · Garden Quotes
   
• National Garlic Month · Garlic Trivia & Facts
  · Garlic Articles  ·  Garlic Quotes  ·  Garlic Tips
   
• National Grange Month [National Grange - advocates for rural America and Agriculture]
   
• Grilled Cheese Month  (origin unknown)
  · International Grilled Cheese Recipes
   
• 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

• National Arbor Day [Arbor Day Foundation]
  (April 26, 2024 - last Friday in April - many states observe different dates according to best local tree planting times)
   
• National Banana Day  (April 17, 2024 - 3rd Wed)
  · Banana Trivia and Facts
   
• National Burrito Day (April 4, 2024 - 1st Thurs)
  · Burrito Recipes
   
• [Bermuda Peppercorn Ceremony (see May for 2024 date)
   

WEEKS

• Egg Salad Week in 2024 is April 1-7 (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 7-13, 2024)
    [American Library Association]
   
• National Public Health Week: April 1-7, 2024 (1st full week in April) [American Public Health Assoc.]
   
• National Procrastination Week was last month
   
• Stewardship Week - April 28-May 5, 2024 (last Sun in April to 1st Sun in May) [Nat’l Assoc. of Conservation Districts] To encourage conserving natural resources for our future.
   
• UK: National Gardening Week: April 29 - May 5, 2024  [Royal Horticultural Society] Encouraging gardners to share their love of gardening.