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See FOOD FESTIVALS for October Food & Beverage Festivals

OCTOBER IS:

• New Zealand Cheese Month
  [New Zealand Specialist Cheese Association]
   
• Fair Trade Month [FairTrade Federation]
   
• Grain of the Month: Corn [Whole Grains Council]
   
• National Cranberry Month
  [USDA Proclamation 2002]  (Cranberry Trivia)
   
• National Apple Month (October) [USDA-NIFA]
  (Apple Trivia & Facts  ---  Apple Quotes)
   
• National Applejack Month (Applejack is a strong alcoholic drink produced from apples, with a higher alcohol content than hard cider.)
   
• National Caramel Month
   
• National Chili Month (Chili Recipes -  Chili Quotes)
   
• National Cookbook Month (many cooksbooks are published in time for the holiday season)
  (Cookbook Trivia  ---  Cookbook Quotes)
   
• National Cookie Month (Cookie Recipes)
   
• National Country Ham Month (National Country Ham Association) (A Country Ham is dry-cured with salt and sometimes sugar, and usually smoked. It is drier and sharper flavored than injected cured hams). (Ham Recipes)
  (Ham Trivia and Facts  -----  Ham Quotes)
   
• National Dessert Month (Dessert Recipes)
  (Dessert Trivia  ---  Dessert Quotes)
   
• National Eat Better; Eat Together Month
   
• National Farm to School Month
  [National Farm to School Network]
   
• National Kitchen and Bath Month
  [National Kitchen & Bath Association]
   
• National Pasta Month [National Pasta Association]
  (Pasta Trivia  ---  Pasta Recipes)
   
• National Pickled Peppers Month
  (Pickle Trivia  --  Pickle Recipes  --  Pickle Quotes)
   
• National Pizza Month (Pizza Trivia & History)
  (Pizza Recipes  ---  Pizza Quotes)
   
• National Popcorn Poppin' Month (1999 Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman proclaimed October as National Popcorn Poppin’ Month) (Popcorn Trivia)
   
• National Pork Month (October became known as Pork Month because it marked the time of year when hogs were traditionally marketed).
  (Pork Trivia  ---  Pork Recipes  ---  Pork Quotes)
   
• National Pretzel Month (Pretzel History)
  (April is Soft Pretzel Month)
   
• National Seafood Month
  (Seafood Recipes  ---  Seafood Quotes)
   
• National Spinach-Lovers' Month (Spinach Trivia)
  (Spinach Recipes  ---  Spinach Quotes)
   
• National Toilet Tank Repair Month
   
• Non-GMO Month [Non-GMO Project]
   
• Squirrel Awareness Month [Squirrel Lover’s Club]
   
• Vegetarian Awareness Month [North American Vegetarian Society]  (Vegetarian Recipes)
  (Vegetarian Trivia  ---  Vegetarian Quotes)
   
• UK: Seed Gathering Season (Sept 22-Oct 22, 2024) [The Tree Council]  Gather seeds, fruits and nuts which can be nurtured to grow the trees of the future.
   
• (American Cheese Month now celebrated in MAY)
• {Celiac Disease Awareness Month is now celebrated by all major organizations in MAY}
   

VARIABLE DATE EVENTS

DAYS

• Columbus Day Observed {Indigenous Peoples’ Day} (U.S. October 14, 2021 - 2nd Mon) Actual day of Columbus arrival to the Americas was October 12, 1492
   
• Global Champagne Day (Oct 25, 2024)
  [www.champagneday.fr/]  (Champagne Trivia)
  (Champagne Quotes)
   
• [Hagfish Day] (Oct 16, 2024) Jawless, boneless, and scaleless, Hagfish ooze slime to smother their prey and evade predators.
   
• International Archaeology Day (Oct 19, 2024 - 3rd Saturday)  [Archaeological Inst. of America]
   
• International Carignan Day (Oct 31, 2024 - last Thurs) Carignan is a medium-bodied red wine that grows mostly in Southern France, Spain and the island of Sardinia.
   
• International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day (Oct 19, 2024) An international celebration of raw-milk cheese and the individuals who bring it to life from the pasture to the plate. [Oldways Cheese Coalition]
   
• National Breadstick Day (Oct 25, 2024, last Fri)
  (Breadstick Recipes)
   
• National Country Inn, Bed & Breakfast Day (October 6, 2024 1st Sunday)
   
• National Kale Day (Oct 2, 2024 - 1st Wed)
  (Kale Trivia and Facts  ---  Kale Recipes)
   
• National Pumpkin Seed Day (Oct 2, 2024 - 1st Wed)  (Pumpkin Trivia, Recipes and Quotes)
   
• National Taco Day (Oct 1, 2024 - first Tues)
   
• National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day (Oct 16, 2024 - Wed. during National School Lunch Week - since 2011)
   
• Sweetest Day (Oct 19, 2024 - 3rd Sat)  share sweets with those you care about (Primarily in Midwest and Northeast). [Wikipedia]
   
• World Egg Day (Oct 11, 2024 - 2nd Friday in Oct) [Int’l Egg Commission]  (Egg Trivia -- Egg Quotes)
   
• Canada: Canadian Beer Day (Oct 9, 2024 - Wed before Thanksgiving)  [Beer Canada]
  (Beer Trivia  ---  Beer Quotes)
   
• Canada: Thanksgiving Day (Oct 14, 2024 - 2nd Monday)  (Canadian Thanksgiving Trivia)
   
• EU: Daylight Saving Time ends (Oct 27, 2024 - last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October)
   
• Germany: Erntedankfest  Potato Harvest Festival (Oct 6, 2024 - 1st Sunday in October)
   
• UK: Fungus Day (Oct 5, 2024)
  [British Mycological Society]  (Fungus Trivia)
   

WEEKS

• Health Care Food Service Workers Week (October 6-12, 2024) [Assoc. for Healthcare Foodservice]
   
• National 4-H Week (Oct 6-12, 2024) [4-h.org]
   
• National School Lunch Week (Oct 14-18, 2024)
  [School Nutrition Association]
   
• Canada: National Family Week (week before Thanksgiving Day - Oct 7-13, 2024)
   
• UK: Big Cheese Weekender (Oct 13-15, 2023) [Academy of Cheese]
   
• UK: [British Egg Week] (Oct 7-13, 2024)
  (Egg Trivia & Facts  ---  Egg Tips  ---  Egg Quotes)
   
• UK: [British Food Fortnight] (Sept 20-Oct 6, 2024)
   
• UK: [UK Sausage Week] (Oct 28 - Nov 3, 2024). Celebrating the great British banger!
  (Tips for Making Sausage at Home)
   
• UK: [Coffee Week] (October 14-20, 2024).
  The nation’s largest celebration of coffee, all for a good cause.
   
• UK: [National Curry Week] (Oct 7-13, 2024) Celebrate over 200 years of Indian restaurants in the UK.
   
• UK: National Vegetarian Week (Oct 1-7, 2024)  [The Vegetarian Society]  (Vegetarian Trivia)
  (Vegetarian Quotes  ---  Vegetarian Recipes)
   
• UK: National Honey Week (Oct 22-28, 2018)
  [British Beekeepers Assoc] - NO UPDATE FOR 2019
   
• National Chestnut Week (Oct 8-14, 2017) ? No updates for 2018