Vegetarian recurring events, calendar

Month	Event	Location	Organizer
February	Bay Area Veg Fair	Santa Clara CA	VegNews
February	Raw World, Festival of Raw Food	Costa Rica	Living Light Culinary Arts Inst.
March	National Nutrition Month	U.S.	American Dietetic Association
March 20	Great American Meatout	U.S.	FARM
March	V-Day, Day of Vegetarianism	Belgium	Ethical Vegetarian Alternative
April 2007	Int'l Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition	San Bernardino	Loma Linda Univ., Public Health
April 22	Earth Day	worldwide	Earth Day Network
April 24	World Week for Animals in Labs World Day for Laboratory Animals	worldwide	In Defense of Animals (IDA) IAAPEA
April	Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month	U.S.	ASPCA
April	Animal cruelty / Human violence Awareness Week	U.S.	Humane Society of the U.S.
May	Be Kind to Animals Week	U.S.	American Humane Association
May	Vegetarian World, Int'l festival	Moscow Russia	Eurasian Vegetarian Society
May	National Vegetarian Week	United Kingdom	Vegetarian Society of the UK
May 2004	International Congress of Dietetics	varies	Int'l Confed. of Dietetic Assoc.
May	Farm Animal Forum	New York City	Farm Sanctuary
June	International Festival	Mugla Turkey	European Vegetarian Union
June	Animal Rights Conference, East	McLean VA	FARM
June	Country Hoe Down at CA Shelter	Orland CA	Farm Sanctuary
July	World Vegetarian Congress	varies	International Vegetarian Union
July	Richmond Vegetarian Festival	Richmond VA	VSR and CAA
July	Rawstock	California	Healthful Living International
July	Living Now Festival	New York	Green Sun Healing
July 4	Independence Day Pignics	NY and CA	Farm Sanctuary
August	Animal Rights Conference, West	Los Angeles CA	FARM
August	Vegetarian Summerfest	Johnstown PA	North Amer. Vegetarian Society
August	UPC Annual Forum	U.S.	United Poultry Concerns (UPC)
August	Festival of Raw and Living Foods	Lebanon OR	Int'l Raw & Living Foods Assoc.
August	Country Hoe Down at NY Shelter	upstate NY	Farm Sanctuary
September	Hampton Roads VegFest	Norfolk VA	Hampton Roads Vegetarian ...
September	Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival	Virginia	Voices for Animals
September	Vegetarian Food Fair	Toronto ON	Toronto Vegetarian Association
September	VegSource Healthy Living Conference WorldFest	Los Angeles CA	VegSource Interactive Towards Freedom
September	CompassionFest	Cincinnati OH	Love All Animals
September	Nat'l Farm Animals Awareness Week	U.S.	Humane Society of the U.S.
September	National Farm Safety & Health Week	U.S.	National Safety Council
September	Natural Products Expo East	Washington DC	New Hope Natural Media
September	New Mexico's Week for the Animals	New Mexico	AnimalWeek
September	National Vegan Festival	London England	Vegan Society, Veggies
September	World Vegetarian Day Fair	Dublin Ireland	Vegetarian Society of Ireland
October	Vegetarian Awareness Month	U.S.	Vegetarian Awareness Network
October 1	World Vegetarian Day	U.S.	North Amer. Vegetarian Society
October 2	World Farm Animals Day	worldwide	FARM
October 2	Walk for Farm Animals	U.S.	Farm Sanctuary
October 4	Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, and Sunday Day of Prayer for Animals, and Animal Welfare Sunday	worldwide	Catholic church, and Anglican S. for Animal Welfare
October 4	World Animal Day [also, also, also]	worldwide	various
October	Int'l Compassionate Living Festival	Raleigh NC	Culture and Animals Foundation
October	Boston Vegetarian Food Festival	Boston MA	Boston Vegetarian Society
October	VegFest DC	Washington DC	Vegetarian Society of DC
October	World Vegetarian Day Celebration	San Francisco	San Francisco Veg. Society
October	Vegan Chili Cook-Off	Houston TX	Vegetarian Society of Houston
October 16	World Food Day	worldwide	UN Food & Agriculture Org
October	Conference for Conscious Living	Chicago IL	EarthSave Chicago
October	Animal Welfare Week ? Animal Welfare Forum	U.S.	American Vet. Medical Assoc. Dr. Sherbyn W. Ostrich
October	Food & Nutrition Conference/Expo	U.S.	American Dietetic Association
October	National Primate Liberation Week	U.S.	Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!
Nov. 1	World Vegan Day	worldwide	Vegan Society
November	Liberation Now! nat'l student AR conf.	U.S.	Student Animal Rights Alliance
November	Fur-Free Friday	U.S.	Coalition to Abolish Fur Trade
November	Thanksgiving Celebration & Feast	Washington DC	Vegetarian Society of DC
November	Thanksgiving party, turkey feeding	NY and CA	Farm Sanctuary
Dec. 10	International Animal Rights Day	worldwide	Uncaged Campaigns
various	Taste of Health, healthy food festival	various	EarthSave
varies	Farm Sanctuary's Gala	Beverly Hills	Farm Sanctuary

Event listings elsewhere

The Vegetarian Travel Guide's calendar of events
Upcoming Major Vegetarian Events, VegDining
Events listings at Vegetarian Central
Message board for announcements of vegetarian events, at VegSource
Veggies' Animal Rights Calendar [also]
Google's directory of Vegetarianism Events
Yahoo's directory of Vegetarianism Events
Events calendar, For the animals, Petroglyphs New Mexico
Animal-Related Observances
Veg-minded Events Around the World, by VegWeb, Veggies Unite!
Nationwide events calendar by Saving Our Resources Today (SORT)
World animal days, by "Be's AnimalWs"

Criteria for events to be listed here

The number of people expected to participate is more than 300.
Food at event is 80% or more vegan by offering and content.
Event is of special interest to vegetarians.
Event occurs regularly, such as annually.

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