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title: "wvc63 - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
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wvc63

 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - vegetarian catering](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc63-catering.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4020:congress-wvc63-catering&catid=186)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - vegetarian catering](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4020:congress-wvc63-catering&catid=186)

VEGETARIAN CATERING Mrs. ISABEL JAMES, B.A. (Great Britain)

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - vegetarinaism in Barcelona 1907-1963](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc63-barcelona.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4019:congress-wvc63-barcelona&catid=186)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - vegetarinaism in Barcelona 1907-1963](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4019:congress-wvc63-barcelona&catid=186)

There was, in 1860, a group of vegetarians , who also made use of water to treat their ailments, under the guise of a physician, …

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - North Americans at the Congress](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc63/flowers.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4028:congress-wvc63-north-americans&catid=186)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - North Americans at the Congress](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4028:congress-wvc63-north-americans&catid=186)

from pre-Congress publicity: . . . with the co-operation of the I.V.U. President, Woodland Kahler Marquis de St. Innocent, who no…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - Minutes of the Business Meetings](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc63-minutes.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4027:congress-wvc63-minutes&catid=186)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - Minutes of the Business Meetings](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4027:congress-wvc63-minutes&catid=186)

23 - 29 June 1963 THE 17th WORLD VEGETARIAN CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VEGETARIAN UNION held in Barcelona under the auspices o…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - the dangers of meat eating](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc63-meat-eating.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4026:congress-wvc63-meat-eating&catid=186)

## [World Vegetarian Congress 1963 - the dangers of meat eating](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4026:congress-wvc63-meat-eating&catid=186)

Whenever man has meddled with his food, he has diminished its value. And this was never more true than it is today. At a recent C…

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## [World Vegetarian Congress 1963](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-main-congress-wvc63-index.html)

A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Da…

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