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February 2026 Edition .02

Longevity, Legacy & the Things That Last

Enjoy VegOut Magazine's February 2026 issue — access it for free now

Enjoy VegOut Magazine's February 2026 issue — access it for free now

Featured

When Activism Turns Gentle: The Infrastructure of Kindness

Feb 17, 2026 Hiago Martins

A barefoot Swiss radical took on Malaysia's most powerful politician and lost everything — here's what his sacrifice taught us

Jul 7, 2025 Justin Brown

How a Malaysian dictator created the blueprint for ecological genocide—and watched it spread across three continents

Jul 28, 2025 Justin Brown

How one family made $21 billion destroying the world's oldest rainforest—and they're still fighting over the money

Jun 15, 2025 Justin Brown

I discovered why some vegans thrive while others burn out—and it revealed a hidden psychological pattern that nobody talks about but everyone needs

Jun 26, 2025 Justin Brown

I always felt invisible until I learned how to be alone without feeling lonely

Jul 22, 2025 Avery White

Psychology says the people who genuinely seem to have no ego aren't more enlightened or more humble than everyone else, they're the ones who quietly stopped needing every conversation to confirm who they are, and what reads as humility from the outside is just a person who isn't auditioning for the room anymore

Apr 30, 2026 Lachlan Brown

I'm 62 and I have walked 10,000 steps a day for almost a decade and the strangest thing about it isn't the health benefits, it's that the walking has become the most reliable thinking time I have, and most of the better decisions I have made in the last ten years arrived during a quiet stretch of sidewalk between mile one and mile two

Apr 30, 2026 Gerry Marcos

I'm 70 and I stopped drinking soda and eating processed snacks at sixty-two and the strangest part is that I cannot fully describe how different I feel — calmer, steadier, less reactive — and the change has been so quiet and so total that I sometimes wonder how many decades I had been living inside a low-grade fog I had been treating as my personality

Apr 30, 2026 Marlene Martin

The most underrated benefit of eating better isn't weight loss or longevity — it's the daily clarity, the steady energy, the absence of the afternoon crash you had been treating as a fact of life — and most people don't realize how much background fog they had been living inside of until the fog lifts and they meet a version of themselves they didn't know was still in there

Apr 30, 2026 Jordan Cooper

Recipes

Crispy Sesame-Ginger Noodles With Blistered Snap Peas in 20 Minutes

Crispy Sesame-Ginger Noodles With Blistered Snap Peas in 20 Minutes

Mar 31, 2026 Oliver Park

The 15-Minute White Bean and Roasted Garlic Soup You'll Make on Repeat

The 15-Minute White Bean and Roasted Garlic Soup You'll Make on Repeat

Mar 30, 2026 Oliver Park

The vegan tiramisu that made my Italian partner admit defeat

Feb 12, 2026 Jordan Cooper

The vegan beef bourguignon that saved date night when our reservation fell through

Feb 11, 2026 Avery White

I've made this vegan pasta for every Valentine's Day for 6 years and it's never missed

Feb 10, 2026 Avery White

The tofu scramble that took me 11 tries to get right and now I crave it more than eggs

Jan 19, 2026 Jordan Cooper

The vegan croissant recipe that took me 14 attempts and was worth every single failed batch

Jan 16, 2026 Avery White

This lazy vegan ramen takes 12 minutes and tastes like I have my life together

Jan 16, 2026 Avery White

I've made this vegan lentil soup 60+ times and I'll make it 60 more

Jan 16, 2026 Avery White

This 6-ingredient vegan curry has saved more weeknights than I can count

Jan 16, 2026 Avery White

The cashew cream sauce that made me stop mourning dairy and I'm not being dramatic

Jan 15, 2026 Jordan Cooper

Food & Drink

The rise of the $18 smoothie and what it reveals about who plant-based food is really for

The rise of the $18 smoothie and what it reveals about who plant-based food is really for

Mar 31, 2026 Oliver Park

Why grocery stores are shrinking their plant-based meat sections and expanding plant-based dairy instead

Why grocery stores are shrinking their plant-based meat sections and expanding plant-based dairy instead

Mar 30, 2026 Elena Santos

Fermentation startups raised billions — now most of them can't find a manufacturer

Fermentation startups raised billions — now most of them can't find a manufacturer

Mar 30, 2026 Elena Santos

8 countries where the local cuisine is already mostly plant-based and nobody talks about it

Feb 25, 2026 Jordan Cooper

6 one-pan vegan dinners for when you want a nice meal but don't want the cleanup

Feb 12, 2026 Avery White

5 plant-based breakfasts in bed ideas that don't involve sad avocado toast

Feb 12, 2026 Avery White

Lifestyle

I'm 70 and I finally figured out that the voice in my head telling me I wasn't doing enough was never mine — it was assembled from thirty years of other people's disappointment

Apr 29, 2026 Marlene Martin

Psychology says the people who go from quietly lazy to genuinely productive don't fix it with discipline, motivation, or the right system, they finally name what the laziness was actually carrying, the exhaustion, the unaddressed grief, the quiet decision to stop trying because trying had stopped being safe somewhere along the way

Apr 29, 2026 Avery White

There's a specific kind of nostalgia that only people who grew up in the 1960s and 70s carry — it isn't longing for objects, it's longing for a quality of attention, the slow Sunday afternoons, the stretched-out summers, the specific boredom that produced things, and you can't recreate it for your grandchildren because the conditions that made it possible have been quietly retired

Apr 29, 2026 Marlene Martin

Psychology says food is the most underrated emotional regulator in modern life — and the people who use it that way aren't being unhealthy, they've simply identified a tool that's available at 11 PM, doesn't require anyone else, and produces immediate small relief, and most cultures have known this longer than most diet experts have been alive

Apr 29, 2026 Jordan Cooper

I'm 70 and didn't realize how lonely I was until I caught myself rehearsing a story for nobody — sitting in my kitchen, mentally telling someone about my morning, feeling the small relief of being heard — and then realizing the listener I had constructed didn't exist, and that the imaginary listening was filling a real silence that nobody in my actual life had been around to fill in months

Apr 29, 2026 Marlene Martin

I'm 44 and I've quietly lost my parents to politics — and what nobody warns you about is that there is no language for this kind of distance, no cards in the sympathy aisle, no rituals, no permission to feel the absence of people who are still alive and would be hurt to know you were feeling it — and you carry it privately while sitting across from them at Thanksgiving pretending nothing has changed

Apr 29, 2026 Jordan Cooper

Things to Do

8 DIY abilities Boomers taught themselves that would cost their kids thousands to hire out

Dec 23, 2025 Jordan Cooper

8 physical hobbies that don't feel like exercise but keep you healthier than gym memberships

Dec 17, 2025 Adam Kelton

8 hobbies that build mental resilience better than expensive therapy

Dec 16, 2025 Avery White

9 solo activities that build confidence faster than any self-help book ever could

Dec 16, 2025 Jordan Cooper

8 things Boomers collected as hobbies that accidentally became retirement income streams

Dec 15, 2025 Adam Kelton

8 hobbies Millennials are obsessed with that Boomers think are complete wastes of time

Dec 13, 2025 Adam Kelton

Travel

How a war thousands of miles away is reshaping meals across India

How a war thousands of miles away is reshaping meals across India

Apr 7, 2026 Tessa Lindqvist

5 destinations where vegan eating is so normal nobody makes it weird

Feb 20, 2026 Avery White

8 cities with the best vegan food scenes that aren't LA or Portland

Feb 14, 2026 Avery White

5 vegan travel destinations that don't require researching every restaurant in advance

Feb 13, 2026 Avery White

8 countries where plant-based travelers are treated better than anywhere else

Feb 13, 2026 Avery White

7 countries where eating plant-based is easier than eating meat

Jan 28, 2026 Jordan Cooper

Fashion & Beauty

Florida's new farm bill blocks cities from fighting climate change

Florida's new farm bill blocks cities from fighting climate change

Mar 31, 2026 Elena Santos

I tried a vegan capsule wardrobe for a year and only 5 brands were worth it

Feb 25, 2026 Avery White

The clean beauty brands that are actually vegan versus the ones just using the aesthetic

Feb 25, 2026 Avery White

I switched to vegan leather goods 3 years ago and here's what held up and what didn't

Feb 14, 2026 Avery White

The cruelty-free makeup brands actual makeup artists use when no one's paying them to

Feb 14, 2026 Avery White

8 beauty products I didn't realize weren't vegan until I actually checked the labels

Feb 13, 2026 Avery White

Shopping

8 things I stopped buying after going plant-based that I genuinely never think about anymore

Jan 30, 2026 Avery White

The vegan grocery list for beginners who don't know what to buy first

Jan 25, 2026 Avery White

I ranked every vegan cheese at Whole Foods so you don't waste your money

Jan 25, 2026 Avery White

The vegan grocery haul that keeps my entire week under $50

Jan 24, 2026 Avery White

The whole food plant-based grocery list I desperately needed as a beginner

Jan 23, 2026 Avery White

I spent a week eating only gas station vegan options and it went better than expected

Jan 17, 2026 Avery White

News

Teen mental health depends on whole diet patterns, not single supplements

Teen mental health depends on whole diet patterns, not single supplements

Mar 30, 2026 Adam Kelton

Thousands of Eyeless Marine Animals Wash Ashore in Papua New Guinea

Thousands of Eyeless Marine Animals Wash Ashore in Papua New Guinea

Mar 30, 2026 Oliver Park

10 best places to retire in the US for boomers, according to a major new study

Mar 16, 2026 Jordan Cooper

I voted for Trump's 'America First' promise. His war, ICE raids, and tariffs put Americans last

Mar 7, 2026 Jordan Cooper

Mayweather is 49. Pacquiao is 47. The Sphere is booked. Netflix is rolling cameras. Here are 8 reasons this rematch hits harder than the first one ever could

Mar 6, 2026 Jordan Cooper

A Yale-educated historian predicted Trump's return and the Iran war in 2024 — now his third prediction is the one Washington doesn't want to hear

Mar 6, 2026 Jordan Cooper

Latest Articles

Psychology says the people who genuinely seem to have no ego aren't more enlightened or more humble than everyone else, they're the ones who quietly stopped needing every conversation to confirm who they are, and what reads as humility from the outside is just a person who isn't auditioning for the room anymore

Apr 30, 2026 Lachlan Brown

I'm 62 and I have walked 10,000 steps a day for almost a decade and the strangest thing about it isn't the health benefits, it's that the walking has become the most reliable thinking time I have, and most of the better decisions I have made in the last ten years arrived during a quiet stretch of sidewalk between mile one and mile two

Apr 30, 2026 Gerry Marcos

I'm 70 and I stopped drinking soda and eating processed snacks at sixty-two and the strangest part is that I cannot fully describe how different I feel — calmer, steadier, less reactive — and the change has been so quiet and so total that I sometimes wonder how many decades I had been living inside a low-grade fog I had been treating as my personality

Apr 30, 2026 Marlene Martin

The most underrated benefit of eating better isn't weight loss or longevity — it's the daily clarity, the steady energy, the absence of the afternoon crash you had been treating as a fact of life — and most people don't realize how much background fog they had been living inside of until the fog lifts and they meet a version of themselves they didn't know was still in there

Apr 30, 2026 Jordan Cooper

I'm 70 and I finally figured out that the voice in my head telling me I wasn't doing enough was never mine — it was assembled from thirty years of other people's disappointment

Apr 29, 2026 Marlene Martin

Psychology says the people who go from quietly lazy to genuinely productive don't fix it with discipline, motivation, or the right system, they finally name what the laziness was actually carrying, the exhaustion, the unaddressed grief, the quiet decision to stop trying because trying had stopped being safe somewhere along the way

Apr 29, 2026 Avery White