---
title: "congress - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/?view=category&id=83"
date: "2026-11-06T00:25:42+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

congress

 [ ![Congress Travel](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-travel.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3756:congress-travel&catid=83)

## [Congress Travel](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3756:congress-travel&catid=83)

Message boards... Events Board - details of local events Organisations Board - general discussion of global issues More useful in…

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 [ ![First International Meeting on Vegetarianism and Animal Rights - Spain](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/fotoossa.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3755:congress-tossa&catid=83)

## [First International Meeting on Vegetarianism and Animal Rights - Spain](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3755:congress-tossa&catid=83)

Come to the First International Meeting on Vegetarianism and Animal Rights 5th to 8th June 1997 - Tossa de Mar, Girona, Spain Esp…

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 [ ![Physiological Conference,](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-1847-conference1.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3117:congress-1847-conference1&catid=84)

## [Physiological Conference,](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3117:congress-1847-conference1&catid=84)

Note: the page numbers given refer to the 1847/48 volume of the Truth Tester held in the library of the Vegetarian Society UK. Th…

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 [ ![Conferences](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/blog/northwood.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3118:congress-1847-conference2&catid=84)

## [Conferences](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3118:congress-1847-conference2&catid=84)

Physiological/Vegetarian Conferences Surrey/Kent, England 1847

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 [ ![Physiological/Vegetarian Conference, England, 1847](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-1847-index.png) ](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-main-congress-1847-index.html)

## [Physiological/Vegetarian Conference, England, 1847](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-main-congress-1847-index.html)

Physiological/Vegetarian Conference Surrey/Kent, England 1847

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 [ ![Letters Proposing a Vegetarian](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-1847-letters.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3120:congress-1847-letters&catid=84)

## [Letters Proposing a Vegetarian](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3120:congress-1847-letters&catid=84)

Letters Proposing a Vegetarian Society Surrey/Kent, England 1847

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