Green Ribbon Seasonal Calendar

WINTER Human Rights Week (second week of December) Winter solstice (December 22) St. Brigid/Bridget, patroness of dairy workers (February 1) St. Fiacre, patron of gardeners (February 1)

SPRING National Agriculture Week (mid-March) First Day of Spring (March 20) Earth Day (April 22) Soil & Water Stewardship Week (last Sunday in April to first Sunday in May) Rogation Days (SEE BELOW) St. Isidore, patron of farmers and NCRLC (May 15) Opening day of a local farmers market

SUMMER National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month (June) St. Anthony of Padua, patron of harvests and the poor (June 13) St. Benedict, patron of farmworkers (July 11) St. John Gualbert, patron of foresters (July 12) St. Werenfrid, patron of vegetable gardens (August 14)

FALL Rural Life Sunday (variable) St. Maria, patroness of farm wives (September 17) St. Francis of Assisi, patron of ecology and Catholic action (October 4) World Food Day (October 16) St. Martin de Porres, patron of social justice (November 3) Thanksgiving Day St. Andrew the Apostle, patron of fishermen (November 30)

Rogation Days: "Beating the Bounds"