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JANUARY: Today in Food History

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See also: FOOD FESTIVALS for January

JANUARY IS:

• Be Kind To Food Servers Month
   
• Bread Machine Baking Month (Bread Recipes)
  (Bread Trivia  ---  Bread Quotes)
   
• [Family Fit Lifestyle Month]
   
• [National Fiber Focus Month]  (Fiber Facts & Trivia)
   
• [National Hot Tea Month]  (Tea Trivia & History)
  (Tea Quotes)
   
• National Meat Month (Meat Trivia  -  Meat Quotes)
   
• [National Soup Month]  (Soup Recipes)
  (Soup Trivia  ---  Soup Quotes)
   
• Oatmeal Month - Oats: Grain of the Month
  (More oatmeal is eaten in January than any other month)  [Whole Grains Council]  (Oat Trivia)
   
• Prune Breakfast Month
   
• [Wheat Bread Month]   (Bread Recipes)
  (Bread Trivia  ---  Bread Quotes)
   

VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

DAYS

• [Arbor Day in Florida] (Jan 16, 2026 - 3rd Fri)
   
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan 19, 2026 - 3rd Mon in Jan)
   
• National Seed Swap Day (Jan 31, 2026 - last Sat) [Seed Savers Exchange]  Swap seeds with other gardeners in your bioregion. Learn, network and prepare for the gardening season ahead. Connect with like-minded individuals who are passionate about saving seeds and sharing their seed stories!
   
• Women's Healthy Weight Day (Jan 15, 2026 - Thurs of 3rd full week in January)
   

WEEKS

• Diet Resolution Week (Jan 1-7)
  (Diets & Dieting Quotes)
   
• Healthy Weight Week (Jan 18-24, 2026· 3rd full week)  (Healthy Diets and Dieting Articles)
   
• Fresh Squeezed Juice Week  (begins 3rd Sun - Jan 18-24, 2026)
   
• National Pizza Week (Jan 11-17, 2026 - begins 2nd Sun)  (Pizza Trivia and History)
    (Pizza Recipes  ---  Pizza Quotes)