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See FOOD FESTIVALS for November Food Festivals

NOVEMBER IS:

• American Diabetes Month [Amer Diabetes Assn]
   
• Eat Smart Month [American Heart Association]
   
• International Thank a Farmer Month [Slow Food]
  (Farms & Farmers Trivia  --   Farmers Quotes)
   
• National Bison Month [Wildlife Conservation Society]
   
• National Georgia Pecan Month
  [Georgia Pecan Commission]  --  (Pecan Trivia)
   
• National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
  [Southern Peanut Growers] - (Peanut Butter Trivia)
  (Peanut Butter Quotes)
   
• National Pepper Month
  (Peppers Trivia (the vegetable)
   
• National Pomegranate Month (Pomegranate Trivia)
   
• National Roasting Month (Roasting Articles)
   
• National Raisin Bread Month
  (Bread Recipes  --  Bread Trivia  --  Bread Quotes)
   
• Sweet Potato Awareness Month
  (Sweet Potato Trivia  --  Sweet Potato Recipes)
  (Sweet Potato Nutrition  --  Sweet Potato Articles)
   
• World Vegan Month [The Vegan Society]
  (Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes)
   

WEEKS AND VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

DAYS

• U.S., Canada & Mexico Daylight Saving Time ends (March 14 - November 7, 2021 - 2nd Sunday in March to 1st Sunday in November)
   
• U.S. Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday - Nov 26, 2020)  --  (Thanksgiving Trivia  ---  Quotes)
   
• [International Stout Day] (Nov 4, 2021; 1st Thurs)
  (Stout is a dark, heavy bodied beer)
   
• International Tempranillo Day (Nov 11, 2021 2nd Thurs) A black grape variety native to Spain and used in the great Rioja and Ribera del Duero wines, it is now the 3rd most widely planted wine grape variety worldwide. [Tampranillo Society]
   
• Learn to Homebrew Day (Nov 6, 2021)
  [American Homebrewers Association] (AHA). Learn to Homebrew Day was established in 1989 to encourage people to homebrew.
  (Beer Trivia  ---  Beer Articles  ---  Beer Quotes)
   
• Maize Day (Nov 26, 2021 - Day after Thanksgiving)
  Celebrates the significant role that maize (corn) has played in food history.
  (Corn Trivia & Facts  ---  Corn Quotes)
   
• National Bison Day (Nov 6, 2021, 1st Sat)
  [Senate Resolution passed Oct 28, 2015]
   
• [National Men Make Dinner Day] (1st Thurs - Nov 4, 2021)
   
• First day of Chanukah (Nov 28; Ends Dec 6, 2021)
  (Chanukah Recipes from El Al)
   
• France: Beaujolais Nouveau wine released (3rd Thurs - Nov 18, 2021)
   
• Switzerland: [Zibelemarit - Bern Onion Market] (Nov  22, 2021 - 4th Monday)  A traditional folk festival held on the fourth Monday of every November. Farmers from the surrounding area bring over 50 tons of onions – artistically woven into braids – to the federal capital, along with garlic.

WEEKS

• National Family Week in U.S. (Nov 21-27, 2021 - Thanksgiving Week)  Organizations have promoted National Family Week for more than 40 years.  National Family Week is an annual celebration observed during the week of Thanksgiving, designed to build community connections and honor those who strengthen families.
   
• National Fig Week (Nov 1-7, 2021)
  (Fig Trivia & Facts  ---  Fig Quotes)
   
• National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week  (Nov 13-21, 2021 - week before Thanksgiving) [National Coalition for the Homeless] A time to share our compassion with our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness.
   
• National Split Pea Soup Week: Celebrated in the U.S. since 1969  (Nov 14-20, 2021 - 2nd week in Nov)  (Pea Soup Recipes  ---  Pea Quotes)
   
• Australia: [Recycling Week] (Nov 8-14, 2021)
   
• • UK: [British Sausage Week] (CANCELLED FOR 2021)  (Tips for Making Sausage at Home)
   
• UK: [National School Meals Week] (Nov 8-12, 2021)
   
• UK: National Tree Week (Nov 27-Dec 5, 2021)
  [Tree Council]
   
• UK: National Eating In/Out Week has been renamed to International Dining Week and moved to April 18-24, 2016)