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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]
   
• Grains of the Month: Millet and Teff
  [Whole Grains Council]
   
• 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)
   

VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

DAYS

• Did you remember to turn your clocks back? - U.S., Canada & Mexico Daylight Saving Time ends (Mar 13- Nov 6, 2022 - 2nd Sun. in March to 1st Sun. in November)
   
• U.S. Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday - Nov 24, 2022)  --  (Thanksgiving Trivia  ---  Quotes)
   
• [International Stout Day] (Nov 3, 2022; 1st Thurs)
  (Stout is a dark, heavy bodied beer)
   
• International Tempranillo Day (Nov 10, 2022 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.
   
• Learn to Homebrew Day (Nov 5, 2022)
  [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 25, 2022 - Day after Thanksgiving)
  Celebrates the significant role that maize (corn) has played in food history.
  (Corn Trivia & Facts  ---  Corn Quotes)
   
• National Bison Day (Nov 5, 2022, 1st Sat)
  [Senate Resolution passed Oct 28, 2015]
   
• [National Men Make Dinner Day] (1st Thurs - Nov 3, 2022)
   
• Chanukah in December 2022 (Dec 18 - Dec 26)
  (Chanukah Recipes from El Al)
   
• France: Beaujolais Nouveau wine released (3rd Thurs - Nov 17, 2022)
   
• Switzerland: [Zibelemarit - Bern Onion Market
  Switzerland: Zibelemarit - Bern Onion Market (Nov  28, 2022).  A traditional folk festival held every November. Farmers from the surrounding area bring over 50 tons of onions – artistically woven into braids – to the federal capital.  Old Town is filled with thousands of visitors as they enjoy this farmers’ market and folk festival in one.
   

WEEKS

• National Family Week in U.S. (Nov 20-26, 2022 - 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 Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week  (Nov 12-20, 2022 - 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 13-19, 2022 - 2nd week in Nov)  (Pea Soup Recipes  ---  Pea Quotes)
   
• Australia: [Recycling Week] (Nov 7-13, 2022)
   
• • UK: [British Sausage Week] (CANCELLED FOR 2022)  (Tips for Making Sausage at Home)
   
• UK: [National School Meals Week] (Nov 7-11, 2022)
   
• UK: [National Tree Week]  (Nov 26-Dec 4, 2022)
   
• UK: National Eating In/Out Week has been renamed to International Dining Week and moved to April 18-24, 2016)