World Vegetarian Day - Additional Global 'Vegetarian Days'

Additional Global 'Vegetarian Days'

  • March 20 – Great American Meatout – developed and sponsored every year by FARM, aka Farm Animal Rights Movement
  • The last Friday of September- International 'Hug a Vegetarian' Day
  • October 4 – Hug a Non-Meat Eater Day
  • November 1 – International Vegan Day aka World Vegan Day – a vegan holiday celebrated since 1994 on November 1 – the anniversary of the creation of The Vegan Society
  • November 25 – International Vegetarian Day aka SAK Meatless Day – the birthday of Sadhu Vaswani]

(largely celebrated in India and throughout the Asian Pacific Rim nations, but known in Western nations among many vegetarians of Indian and Southeast Asian descent)

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