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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."
url: "https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=category&id=192&start=60"
date: "2026-11-06T00:24:29+00:00"
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wvc75

 [ ![Maine 1975: Para-Desa: A View of Paradise](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/paradesa1t.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4140:congress-wvc75-paradesa&catid=192)

## [Maine 1975: Para-Desa: A View of Paradise](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4140:congress-wvc75-paradesa&catid=192)

from Vegetarian Voice Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec 1975: click on picures for bigger images

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 [ ![Maine 1975: Planning the 23rd World Vegetarian Congress](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/planning1t.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4143:congress-wvc75-planning&catid=192)

## [Maine 1975: Planning the 23rd World Vegetarian Congress](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4143:congress-wvc75-planning&catid=192)

from Vegetarian Voice Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec 1975: click on pictures for bigger images

 [ Read More ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4143:congress-wvc75-planning&catid=192)

 [ ![THE WASHINGTON POST](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/photos/post.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4144:congress-wvc75-post&catid=192)

## [THE WASHINGTON POST](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4144:congress-wvc75-post&catid=192)

Vegetarian Sleight-of-Hand by Maxwell Wiesenthal Special to The Washington Post

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 [ ![Maine 1975: Programme Stresses Practical Aspects](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-wvc75-program.png) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4145:congress-wvc75-program&catid=192)

## [Maine 1975: Programme Stresses Practical Aspects](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4145:congress-wvc75-program&catid=192)

VARIETY OF RELATED TOPICS - Program Stresses Practical Aspects

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 [ ![Maine 1975: Pros and Cons: Participants Evaluate the Congress](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/people3.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4146:congress-wvc75-pros-cons&catid=192)

## [Maine 1975: Pros and Cons: Participants Evaluate the Congress](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4146:congress-wvc75-pros-cons&catid=192)

What were the strong and weak points of the congress? We asked people to give us their opinions so that we could pre-sent a balan…

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 [ ![Maine 1975: The 1975 World Vegetarian Congress - Vegetarian Times Report](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/wvc75/people.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4147:congress-wvc75-report&catid=192)

## [Maine 1975: The 1975 World Vegetarian Congress - Vegetarian Times Report](https://ivu.org/history-of-ivu.html?view=article&id=4147:congress-wvc75-report&catid=192)

1500 vegetarians from across the world gathered at the University of Maine, Orono campus Aug 16 - 28 to attend the 23rd World Veg…

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