This Day in Ag

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May 2012

May 2012

Gifts from the Garden Month: Celebrate the many ways that gardens and gardening benefit us!
National Barbecue Month
National Egg Month
National Hamburger Month: Pay tribute to one of America's favorite foods on this day.
National Salad Month: Enjoy a salad today in celebration of this very nutritious meal.
National Salsa Month: What do you add salsa to? Eat that food today in celebration of all that salsa is used for!
May 1: School Principal's Day; A Day to recognize all school pricipal's and the work they do.
May 6-12: National Wildflower Week; A week to celebrate and observe wildflowers.
May 7-13: Children's Book Week; One ag-themed book a day, that's all we ask!
May 8: National Teacher Day; Celebrate your teacher today and all they do for the children of America.
May 10: Golden Spike Driving Anniversary, 1869; The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways met at Promontory Point, Utah. On that day, a golden spike was driven by Leland Stanford to celebrate the linkage of Omaha to Sacramento. How did this impact agriculture in the U.S.?
May 13-19: National Transportation Week
May 13-19: Reading is Fun Week; Highlight the importance and fun of reading. Use books with an agricultural theme.
14-May: Smallpox Vaccine Discovered 1796; A physician in Gloucestershire, Edward Jenner noticed that many of his cattle and dairy farmer patients didn't contract smallpox. He deduced that exposure to cowpox, a less threatening disease, gave immunity to smallpox. The discovery helped spread what Jenner referred to as a vaccine (from the Latin vacca for cow) to England and beyond. That's an agricultural contribution!
May 17-20: Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee; This is one of the longest running events in the State of California. It earliest roots date back to 1893.
May 18: National Pizza Party Day; Celebrate your day with a pizza party!
May 19-20: California Artichoke Festival
May 20: Homestead Act, 1862; Building and living in a house for five years on government-owned acreage brought ownership to many and helped establish thousands of farms.
May 20-26: World Trade Week; The presidential proclamation has been issued here each year since 1948.
May 28: Memorial Day

More Information:
American Egg Board
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Children's Book Week
National Education Association
Calaverous County Fair
Castroville Festivals

Credits: Chase's Calendar of Events 2012