IVU Patrons

Honouring the individuals and organisations whose support sustains the International Vegetarian Union.

Founded 1908 · One of the World's Oldest Vegetarian Organizations

75+ Patrons

20+ Countries

5 Partner Organisations

115+ Years of Advocacy

Featured Patrons

Name	Country	Contribution
Andrew Freeman FACS	Australia	Fellow of the Australian Computer Society and long-time supporter of the vegetarian movement.
Christopher Fettes	Ireland	Fellow of IVU and of the World Esperanto Association.
Emanuel Goldman	USA · NYC	"The Vegetarian Cinophile" — Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at New Jersey Medical School. Vegetarian since 1964, vegan since 1992.
Keith Akers	USA · Colorado	Former IVU council member, author and researcher on the history of ethical vegetarianism.
Koichi Hashimoto	Japan	Japan Vegetarian Society.
Marly Winckler	Brazil	Former President of Brazil Veg Society and Chair of the IVU Council.
Prof. PK Jain	Botswana	Fellow of IVU.
Saurabh Dalal	USA · DC	Councilor of IVU, President of Vegetarian Society of DC (vsdc.org) and President of Vegetarian Union of North America (ivu.org/vuna).
Tom Clother	UK	Vegan for ethical reasons; lorry driver by trade.

Partner Organisations

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EVEN

Eugene Veg Education Network — promoting plant-based living through community education.

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G-Label Certification Services

Trusted certification for vegan and vegetarian products worldwide.

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Global Vegetarian Certification Services

International certification body supporting transparent vegetarian product standards.

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Rao Bahadur Sheth Curumsey Damjee Arogya Bhuvan Trust

India — charity supporting the vegetarian cause and observing the same on sanatorium premises.

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V-Cert Inc.

Certification services dedicated to verifying vegetarian and vegan product standards.

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VegDining.com

Long-standing online directory of vegetarian and vegan restaurants worldwide.

All Patrons

AF

Andrew Freeman FACS

Australia

AK

Arun Kumaravel

BM

Prof. Dr. Bajaj Madan Mohan

BG

Balaji B.G.

CH

Carolyn Hunt

CG

Christina Gore

CL

Claus Leitzmann

CF

Christopher Fettes

Ireland

CR

Cynthia Richardson

DD

Dady C. Dady & Diana Ratnagar

DL

David Litvak

DM

Dawn Moncrief

DB

Dennis Bayomi

VU

Dr. B. Venkatarama Udupa

DM

Duncan Myers

EG

Emanuel Goldman

USA · NYC

FG

Frank P. Graves

GJ

George Jacobs

GM

Gianbattista Montagna

GH

Gope Hotchandani

HS

Hildegund Scholvien

HK

Hiren Kara

HT

Hiroko Tsuchiya

HW

Hoon Wai Thim

IK

Ivor Kemp

JM

J. Muraleemohan Lal

JT

Jamila (Tsai, Tsui-Yun)

JD

John Davis

JG

John Gibb

JW

Judy Waters

JL

Julianna Lipschutz

JB

Julius Babarinsa

KB

Katherine Baker

KB

Kay Bell

KA

Keith Akers

USA · Colorado

KJ

Kishor Jethalal Joshi

KK

Koh Kok Keng

KH

Koichi Hashimoto

Japan

KC

Krystyna Chomiczjung

LI

Dr. Lakshmi P. Iyer

MN

M. Nagabhushana

MW

Marly Winckler

Brazil

MC

Maynard Clark

MT

Michael Tucker

MK

Mitsuru Kakimoto

MA

Mona Amin

NK

Namita H. Kara

PR

P. M. Reddy

PS

Paresh Shah

PT

Patricia M. Tricker

PR

Patricia Rathbone

PA

Paul Appleby

PT

Paul Turner (Priyavrata)

PD

Peter De Winter

PL

Phineas Leahey

PK

Photsawat Kosithanont

MN

Prof. Massimo Nespolo

PJ

Prof. PK Jain

Botswana

RM

Ralph Meyer

RF

Robert Fraser

RH

Ruth Heidrich, Ph.D

SD

Saurabh Dalal

USA · DC

SN

Shankar Narayan

VR

Dr. Singh Vijay Raj

TL

Thao Le

TC

Tom Clother

UK

UB

Uppunda Venkataramana Bhat

WS

William Sribney

WO

Wong Oi Lee

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