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 See also FOOD FESTIVALS for March

MARCH IS:

• American Red Cross Month - [www.redcross.org]
  (Annual Presidential Proclamation since 1943)
   
• Caffeine Awareness Month (Caffeine Facts)
   
• National Flour Month
  (Flour Facts and Trivia ·  Flour Kitchen Tips)
   
• National Frozen Food Month
  [Nat’l Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Assoc]
  (Frozen Food Facts & Trivia)
  (Frozen Food Tips  ·  What Not to Freeze)
   
• National Kidney Month - [Nat’l Kidney Foundation]
   
• National Noodle Month (Pasta & Noodle Recipes)
  (Noodle Trivia)
   
• National Nutrition Month  (A nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the [Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics].
  (Nutrition Articles)
   
• National Peanut Month - [National Peanut Board]
  National Peanut Month had its beginnings as National Peanut Week in 1941. It was expanded to a month-long celebration in 1974.
  (Peanut Facts & Trivia  ·  Peanut Taste Tests)
   
• National Sauce Month (Sauce Recipes)
  (Sauce Making Articles  ---  Sauce Quotes)
   
• Canada: Nutrition Month [Dietitians of Canada]
   

VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

VARIABLE DAYS

• First Day of Spring: Vernal Equinox (March 20, 2021 - can be March 19, 20 or 21)
   
• U.S., Canada & Mexico Daylight Saving Time begins 2nd Sunday in March and ends 1st Sunday in November (2021 March 14 to November 7)
   
• EU Daylight Saving Time  - In 2019 the EU voted to abolish the practice of daylight saving time begining in 2021
   
• [American Diabetes Association Alert Day] (4th Tues - March 23, 2021)
   
• Easter Sunday in 2021 is April 4 (can be March or April)
   
• [International School Meals Day] (March 11, 2021)
   
• National ‘Ag’ Day (March 23, 2021)
  [Agricultural Council of America]
   
• National Corn Dog Day (March 20, 2021) 1st Sat of the collegiate basketball tournament
   
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day (March 10, 2021) [Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics]
   
• Whole Grain Sampling Day (March 31, 2021 last Wed in March)  [Whole Grains Council]
   
• World Kidney Day (March 11, 2021 - 2nd Thurs) [WorldKidneyDay.org]
   

VARIABLE WEEKS

• American Chocolate Week ( March 21-27, 2021 - 3rd week)
   
• Ag Appreciation Week: March 21-28, 2021 [Community Agriculture Alliance]  A time to recognize and celebrate the importance of agriculture.
   
• Egg Salad Week in 2021 is April 5-10 (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.
   
• Groundwater Awareness Week (March 7-13, 2021) [National Ground Water Association]
   
• National ‘Ag’ Week: March 21-27, 2021 [Agriculture Council of America] A time to recognize and celebrate the importance of agriculture.
   
• [National Poison Prevention Week]  (March 21-27, 2021 - 3rd wk March) Established by Congress on September 16, 1961 [PL 87-319]
   
• National School Breakfast Week (March 8-12, 2021 - 1st full week in March) [School Nutrition Assoc]
   
• UK: [British Pie Week] (March 1-7, 2021)
   
• UK: [Fairtrade Fortnight] (Feb 22-March 7, 2021) 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: [SPAM Appreciation Week] (March 8-14, 2021)
   
• World Salt Awareness Week March 8-14, 2021)
  [World Action on Salt & Health]  [On March 12, 1930 Mahatma Gandhi began his march to the coastal village of Dandi, to protest the British salt monopoly.  (Salt Trivia  ·  Salt Kitchen Tips)
  (Salt Quotes)
  (Articles: Salt of the Earth 1 · Salt of the Earth 2)