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title: "wvc75 - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
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wvc75

 [ ![Maine 1975: Congress Programme - Saturday, August 23](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc75-sat23.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4150:congress-wvc75-sat23&catid=192)

## [Maine 1975: Congress Programme - Saturday, August 23](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4150:congress-wvc75-sat23&catid=192)

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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 [ ![From the Ballymena Guardian, Northern Ireland, July 11, 1974](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/satguru.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4151:congress-wvc75-satguru&catid=192)

## [From the Ballymena Guardian, Northern Ireland, July 11, 1974](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4151:congress-wvc75-satguru&catid=192)

From the Ballymena Guardian, Northern Ireland, July 11, 1974:

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 [ ![Maine 1975: International Vegetarian Union Youth Movement](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/bheda.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4171:congress-wvc75-youth&catid=192)

## [Maine 1975: International Vegetarian Union Youth Movement](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4171:congress-wvc75-youth&catid=192)

Naren Bheda, a dynamic and articulate vegetarian, has been commisioned by IVU to start the International Vegetarian Union - Youth…

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 [ ![Maine Line to Maine - Tessa Unthank, World Vegetarian Congress 1975](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/uktrio.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4165:congress-wvc75-vegsoc2&catid=192)

## [Maine Line to Maine - Tessa Unthank, World Vegetarian Congress 1975](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4165:congress-wvc75-vegsoc2&catid=192)

After bidding farewell to our summer crop of wilting undergraduates on August 14, that very same evening we were en route to Oron…

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 [ ![THE WASHINGTON STAR, AUGUST 26, 1975](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc75-star.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4154:congress-wvc75-star&catid=192)

## [THE WASHINGTON STAR, AUGUST 26, 1975](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4154:congress-wvc75-star&catid=192)

Vegetarianism Is Varied In Form, Degree, Motive by Anne Crutcher Washington Star Staff Writer

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 [ ![Maine 1975: Congress Programme: Week 2, 24-28 August](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/schweitzer.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4155:congress-wvc75-sun24&catid=192)

## [Maine 1975: Congress Programme: Week 2, 24-28 August](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4155:congress-wvc75-sun24&catid=192)

NOTE: Several of the events of the second week of the Congress consist of professional feature-length films with themes of consid…

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