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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)
   
• Grain of the Month: Quinoa [Whole Grains Council]
  (Quinoa Trivia & Facts)
   
• National Flour Month [Home Baking Assoc.]
  (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 19, 2024 - can be March 19, 20 or 21)
   
• EU Daylight Saving Time begins March 31, 2024  (last Sunday in March and ends Oct 27, 2024 the last Sunday in Oct)
   
• U.S., Canada & Mexico Daylight Saving Time begins March 10, 2024, 2nd Sunday in March and ends Nov 3, 2024, 1st Sunday in November.
   
• Easter Sunday (March 31, 2024 - can be March or April)
   
• [American Diabetes Association Alert Day] (4th Tues - March 26, 2024)
   
• Fritter Thursday: March 6, 2025 (Thurs after Shrove Tuesday - can be Feb or March)  (National Fritters Day is Dec 2)
   
• International Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday; March 4, 2025 - Can be Feb or March)  [Day of the International Pancake Race, Liberal, Kansas] (Pancake Trivia  ---  Pancake Recipes)
   
• [IHOP Restaurant's National Pancake Day] March, 4, 2025 - Free Stack of Pancakes (Annual Charity Fundraising Event - can be Feb or March)
   
• [International School Meals Day] (March 13, 2025)
   
• National ‘Ag’ Day (March 19, 2024)
  [Agricultural Council of America]
   
• National Corn Dog Day (March 23, 2024) 1st Sat of the collegiate basketball tournament.
   
• National Tartar Sauce Day (March 7, 2025 - 1st Fri of Lent) [Frisch's Big Boy Restaurants]
   
• Shrove Tuesday (March 4, 2025) - 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.
   
• Paczki Day (Shrove Tuesday - March 4, 2025 - can be Feb or March).  A day to enjoy these rich, sugar coated Polish pre-lenten pastries.
   
• Iceland: Bursting Day: (March 4, 2025) - Feast on mutton and pea soup. (Shrove Tuesday - can be Feb or March)
   
• Iceland: Bun Day: March 3, 2025 (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.
   
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day (March 13, 2024) [Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics]
   
• A Whole Day for Whole Grain  (March 27, 2024 - last Wed in March)  [Whole Grains Council]
   
• World Kidney Day (March 14, 2024 - 2nd Thurs) [WorldKidneyDay.org]
   

VARIABLE WEEKS

• American Chocolate Week ( March 17-23, 2024 - 3rd week)   (Chocolate Trivia and Facts)
  (Chocolate Quotes)
   
• Ag Appreciation Week: March 17-24, 2024 [Community Agriculture Alliance]  A time to recognize and celebrate the importance of agriculture.  (Farms & Farmers Trivia)
   
• Groundwater Awareness Week (March 10-16, 2024) [National Ground Water Association]
   
• [National Agriculture Week] (March 17-23, 2024) A time to celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture.
   
• [National Eating Disorders Awareness Week] (Feb 24-March 2, 2025)
   
• [National Poison Prevention Week]  (March 17-23, 2024 - 3rd wk March) Established by Congress on September 16, 1961 [PL 87-319]
   
• National School Breakfast Week (March 4-8, 2024 - 1st full week in March) [School Nutrition Assoc]
   
• UK: [British Pie Week] (March 4-10, 2024)
   
• UK: SPAM Appreciation Week  (March 6-12, 2023)
  (no update yet for 2024)
   
• [World Salt Awareness Week] is now in May as of 2023
   
• UK: [Fairtrade Fortnight] has been moved to September permanently.