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World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on October 1. It is a day of celebration established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 and endorsed by the International Vegetarian Union in 1978, "To promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism." It brings awareness to the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. World Vegetarian Day initiates the month of October as Vegetarian Awareness Month, which ends with November 1, World Vegan Day, as the end of that month of celebration. Vegetarian Awareness Month has been known variously as Reverence for Life month, Month of Vegetarian Food, and more. ==Additional days== Several additional days of vegetarian significance are included in Vegetarian Awareness Month: * September 27 – "Hug a Vegan/Vegetarian Day" * October 1 – World Vegetarian Day * October 2 – World Farm Animals Day (WFAD)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=home )〕 or World Day for Farm(ed) Animals, birthday of Mohandas K. Gandhi 〔http://www.dayforanimals.org/〕 * October 4 – The Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi * October 4 – "Hug a Non-Meat Eater Day" * October 1–7 – International Vegetarian Week - in several nations across the planet (but especially in Europe), many public educational and celebratory events are organized to promote the vegetarian lifestyle. * First full week and additional 'straggler' days (in order to include as many weekends as possible for church, mosque, and temple involvement – World Week of Prayer for Animals and World Animal Day (always includes The Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi). This may have been initiated by the now-defunct INRA, founded in 1985 by the late Virginia Bouraquardez (aka Ginnie Bee). * October 16 – United Nations World Food Day (often a time of global reckoning with issues of human food security) – the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. * 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Vegetarian Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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