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See FOOD FESTIVALS for May

MAY IS:

• American Cheese Month
  [American Cheese Education (ACE) Foundation]
  (Cheese Trivia  ---  Cheese Quotes)
   
• Celiac Disease Awareness Month [Beyond Celiac]
  · Gluten Intolerance Article
   
• Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
  [Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America]
   
• Grain of the Month: Amaranth [Whole Grains Council]
   
• International Mediterranean Diet Month
  [Oldways Preservation Trust]
   
• National Artisan Gelato Month
   
• National Barbecue Month  · Barbecue Trivia
  · Barbecue Articles  ---  Barbecue Quotes
   
• National Egg Month  [American Egg Board]
  · Egg Trivia & Facts  ---  Egg Quotes
   
• National Hamburger Month
  · Hamburger Trivia  ---  Hamburger Quotes
  · 100 Hamburger Variations
   
• National Salad Month  [Assoc for Dressings & Sauces]
  · Salad Recipes   · Salad Dressing Recipes
  · Salad Quotes
   
• National Salsa Month
  · Salsa Trivia   · Salsa Recipes
   
• National Strawberry Month   · Strawberry Trivia
   
• National Tavern Month (since 1953) [ABL]
   
• National Vinegar Month [The Vinegar Institute]
  · Vinegar History & Manufacture
  · Vinegar Kitchen Tips
   
• [World Trade Month] (since 1935)
   
• UK: National Asparagus Month [British Asparagus]
  · Asparagus, The Herald of Spring
  · Asparagus Facts & Trivia  ---  Asparagus Quotes
  · Asparagus Recipes
   

VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

DAYS

• Big Brew for National Homebrew Day - May 6, 2023 (1st Sat in May).  [American Homebrewers Association]
   
• Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks a Voice (May 12, 2023 - 2nd Fri) [Whale Times & Shark Research Institute]
   
• Lemonade Day  (May 7, 2023 - 1st Sun) To empower today’s youth to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs through helping them start, own and operate their very own business…a lemonade stand. (date may vary by location). [https://lemonadeday.org/ ]
   
• [Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive]
  (May 13, 2023)  Leave donation of non-perishable food items next to yor mailbox before the delivery of the mail on the 2nd Saturday in May. Letter carriers will collect these food donations on that day as they deliver mail along their postal routes, and distribute them to local food banks, pantries, shelters and churches.  The Letter Carriers' food drive is held annually in 10,000 cities and towns in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam. Hunger affects 1 in 8 Americans.
   
• Memorial Day (last Mon - May 29, 2023) Pay tribute to the U.S. men and women who died during military service. Please observe a minute of silence at 3:00 p.m., local time
   
• Mother’s Day (May 14, 2023 - 2nd Sunday in May)
   
• National Aperitif Day: May 18, 2023 - 3rd Thursday (declared annually in press release by [Maison Lillet], the celebrated vintner in Bordeaux)
   
• National Herb Day (May 6, 2023 - 1st Sat in May)
  [Herb Day Coalition]
   
• National Italian Beef Day (May 27, 2023 - 4th Sat)  A beef sandwich originating in Chicago.
   
• National Pizza Party Day (May 19, 2023 - 3rd Fri)
   
• School Lunch Hero Day (May 5, 2023)
  [School Nutrition Association] The day aims to showcase the ways in which school nutrition professionals make a difference for every child who comes through the cafeteria.
   
• World Fair Trade Day (May 13, 2023 - 2nd Sat in May) [World Fair Trade Organization, WFTO] a day to promote Fair Trade as a tangible contribution to the fight against poverty, climate change and the economic crisis that has the greatest impact on the world’s most vulnerable populations.
   
• [World Fish Migration Day (The next date is May 25, 2024) To create awareness of the importance of open rivers and migratory fish.
   
• [World Whisky Day] (May 20, 2023 - 3rd Sat)
   
• Netherlands: [National Mill Day] (May 13-14, 2023 - 2nd Sat & Sun)  On this day 950 windmills and watermills open their doors to visitors.
   

WEEKS

• American Craft Beer Week (May 15-21, 2023) [Brewers Association] (Beer Trivia  - Beer Articles)
  (Beer Quotes)
   
• [Food Allergy Awareness Week] (May 14-20, 2023)
   
• Go Public Gardens Days  (May 12-21, 2023)
  [American Public Gardens Assn]
   
• International Heritage Breeds Week (May 21-27, 2023) [Livestock Conservancy]
   
• [Herb Week] (May 7-13, 2023)
   
• [National Women’s Health Week] (May 14-20, 2023) begins on Mother’s Day
   
• Stewardship Week - April 30-May 7, 2023 (last Sun in April to 1st Sun in May) [Nat’l Assoc. of Conservation Districts] To encourage conserving natural resources for our future.
   
• [World Salt Awareness Week] (May 15-21, 2023)
  (Salt Trivia  ·  Salt Kitchen Tips  ·  Salt Quotes)
  (Salt of the Earth 1  ·  Salt of the Earth 2)
   
• Ireland: National Herb Week (May 21-27, 2023) An annual event in Ireland celebrating herbs and herbal medicine. [Irish Register of Herbalists]
   
• UK: British Sandwich Week (May 22-28, 2023)
  [The British Sandwich Association]
   
• UK: British Tomato Fortnight: May 29-June 11, 2023  [British Tomato Growers’ Association]
   
• UK: National Gardening Week: (May 1-7, 2023)  [Royal Horticultural Society]  Encouraging gardners to share their love of gardening.
   
• UK: [National Doughnut Week]  (May 20-28, 2023) participating bakers across the UK will be helping to raise money for The Children's Trust by donating money for every doughnut they sell.
   
• UK: National Vegetarian Week (May 15-21, 2023) [The Vegetarian Society]  (Vegetarian Trivia)
  (Vegetarian Recipes  ---  Vegetarian Quotes)
   
• May is a popular month for Food & Wine Festivals