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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 20, 2026 - can be March 19, 20 or 21)
   
• EU Daylight Saving Time begins March 29, 2026  (last Sunday in March and ends Oct 25, 2026 the last Sunday in Oct)
   
• U.S., Canada & Mexico Daylight Saving Time begins March 9, 2025, 2nd Sunday in March and ends Nov 2, 2025, 1st Sunday in November.
   
• [American Diabetes Association Alert Day] (4th Tues - March 24, 2026)
   
• Georgia Beer Day (March 7, 2026) [Georgia Craft Brewers Guild]
   
• [IHOP Restaurant's National Pancake Day] March, 3, 2026 - Free Stack of Pancakes (Annual Charity Fundraising Event - can be Feb or March)
   
• [International School Meals Day] (March 12, 2026)
   
• National ‘Ag’ Day (March 24, 2026)
  [Agricultural Council of America]
   
• National Corn Dog Day (March 21, 2026) 1st Sat of the collegiate basketball tournament.
   
• National Popcorn Lovers Day (March 12, 2026 - 2nd Thurs)  (Popcorn Trivia & Facts
   
• National Tartar Sauce Day (March 21, 2026 - 1st Fri of Lent) [Frisch's Big Boy Restaurants]
   
• Luxembourg: [Bretzelsonndeg] (Pretzel Sunday) (March 15, 2026 - 4th Sunday of Lent)
  (History of Pretzels)
   
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day (March 11, 2026) [Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics]
   
• A Whole Day for Whole Grain  (March 25, 2026 - last Wed in March)  [Whole Grains Council]
   
• World Kidney Day (March 12, 2026 - 2nd Thurs) [WorldKidneyDay.org]
   

VARIABLE WEEKS

• American Chocolate Week (March 15-21, 2026 - 3rd week)   (Chocolate Trivia and Facts)
  (Chocolate Quotes)
   
• Ag Appreciation Week: March 17-24, 2026 [Community Agriculture Alliance]  A time to recognize and celebrate the importance of agriculture.  (Farms & Farmers Trivia)
   
• Groundwater Awareness Week (March 8-14, 2026) [National Ground Water Association]
   
• [National Agriculture Week] (March 15-21, 2026) A time to celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture.
   
• [National Eating Disorders Awareness Week] (Feb 23-March 1, 2026)
   
• [National Poison Prevention Week]  (March 15-21, 2026 - 3rd wk March) Established by Congress on September 16, 1961 [PL 87-319]
   
• National School Breakfast Week (March 2-6, 2026 - 1st full week in March) [School Nutrition Assoc]
   
• UK: [British Pie Week] (March 2-8, 2026)
   
• UK: [Real Bread Week] (Feb 21-March 1, 2026) A celebration of additive-free loaves and the people who make them.
   
• UK: [SPAM Appreciation Week]  (March 2-8, 2026)
   
• [World Salt Awareness Week] is now in May as of 2023
   
• UK: [Fairtrade Fortnight] has been moved to September permanently.