National Bird Feeding Month - In January 1994, Illinois 10th District Congressman John Porter read a resolution in the Congressional Record making February National Bird Feeding Month. The observance was established because it's one of the most difficult months in much of the U.S. for birds to survive in the wild.
[National 30 Hour Famine] (Choose your own date for 2023) 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!
Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday observed - Feb 20, 2023 - 3rd Monday in Feb)
Shrove Tuesday (Feb 21, 2023) - can be Feb or March) Also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras Day. Tommorrow is Ash Wednesday, beginning 6 weeks of fasting for Christians, leading up to Easter.
Super Bowl Sunday (February 12, 2023)
World Sword Swallower's Day (Feb 25, 2023 - last Sat)
Iceland: Bun Day: Feb 20, 2023 (Mon before Shrove Tuesday - can be Feb or Mar). Children invade homes in the morning with colorful sticks and recieve gifts of whipped cream buns.
Iceland: Bursting Day: (Feb 21, 2023) - Feast on mutton and pea soup. (Shrove Tuesday - can be Feb or March)
[African Heritage & Health Week] (Feb 1-7) (commemorates the foods, flavors and healthy cooking techniques that were core to the wellbeing of African ancestors from Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and the American South.)
Jell-O Week (Feb 12-18, 2023 2nd full week in Feb) in 2001 Jell-O was declared Official State Snack of Utah and Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt declared an annual "Jell-O Week." (Jello Trivia --- Jello Quotes)
Kraut and Frankfurter Week ? (Feb 12-18, 2023)
National CSA Week (Feb 20-26, 2023) Formerly CSA Day [CSA Innovation Network] Community Supported Agriculture
National FFA Week: Feb 18-25, 2023 [Future Farmers of America] Week of Washington's Birthday, from Saturday to Saturday encompassing February 22
[National Invasive Species Awareness Week] (Feb 20-26, 2023) Raise awareness and identify solutions to invasive species issues at local, state, tribal, regional, international and national levels.
UK: [Fairtrade Fortnight] (Feb 27-March 12, 2023) Celebrate the people who grow our food, people who live in some of the poorest countries in the world and who are often exploited and badly paid.
UK: [Real Bread Week] (Feb 18-26, 2023) A celebration of additive-free loaves and the people who make them.
Carnival celebrations in various countries and cities around the world.