The American Vegan Society (AVS) is a nonprofit organization that promotes veganism in the United States.
AVS was founded by 1960 by Jay Dinshah and his English-born wife, Freya Smith Dinshah. The date of the earlier The Vegan Society (UK)'s founding, November 1, is now celebrated annually as World Vegan Day.
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