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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]
   
• National Georgia Pecan Month
  [Georgia Pecan Commission]  --  Pecan Trivia
   
• National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
  [Southern Peanut Growers]  -  Peanut Butter Trivia
   
• 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 & Facts)
   
• Sweet Potato Awareness Month
  (Sweet Potato Trivia  --  Sweet Potato Recipes)
   
• World Vegan Month [The Vegan Society]
  (Vegan & Vegetarian Recipes)
   

WEEKS AND VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

DAYS

• U.S., Canada & Mexico Daylight Saving Time ends (March 10 - November 3, 2019 - 2nd Sunday in March to 1st Sunday in November)
   
• U.S. Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday - Nov 28, 2019)  --  (Thanksgiving Trivia & Facts)
   
• International Tempranillo Day (Nov 14, 2019 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 2, 2019)
  [American Homebrewers Association] (AHA). Learn to Homebrew Day was established in 1989 to encourage people to homebrew.
   
• Maize Day (Nov 29, 2019 - Day after Thanksgiving)
  Celebrates the significant role that maize (corn) has played in food history. (Corn Trivia & Facts)
   
• National Bison Day (Nov 2, 2019, 1st Sat)
  [Senate Resolution passed Oct 28, 2015]
   
• [National Men Make Dinner Day] (1st Thurs - Nov 7, 2019)
   
• France: Beaujolais Nouveau wine released (3rd Thurs - Nov 21, 2019)
   
• Switzerland: [Zibelemarit - Bern Onion Market] (Nov  25, 2019 - 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 (Nov 24-30, 2019 - 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, 2019)
  (Fig Trivia & Facts)
   
• National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week  (Nov 16-24, 2019 - 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 10-16, 2019 - 2nd week in Nov) [Northern Pulse Growers Assn]
  (Pea Soup Recipes)
   
• World Fair Trade Week (Nov 8-15, 2017) A biennial event in odd years, initiated by the World Fair Trade Organization.
  SEE World Fair Trade Day in May
   
• Australia: [Recycling Week] (Nov 11-17, 2019)
   
• • UK: [British Sausage Week] (Oct 28-Nov 3, 2019)
    (Tips for Making Sausage at Home)
   
• UK: [National School Meals Week] (Nov 11-15, 2019)
   
• UK: National Tree Week (Nov 23-Dec 1, 2019)
  [Tree Council]
   
• UK: National Eating In/Out Week has been renamed to International Dining Week and moved to April 18-24, 2016)