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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 struggle most with retirement aren't the ones who loved their careers — they're the ones who used work to avoid being alone with themselves, and retirement didn't take their job, it took the disguise, and now they have to meet the person they were working so hard not to become

Apr 21, 2026 Marlene Martin

I'm 70 and the single biggest life lesson I've learned is one I'm terrified to tell my kids, which is that almost nothing I worked so hard for actually mattered — and the things I dismissed as small are what I think about now

Apr 21, 2026 Marlene Martin

Psychology says the parents whose adult children actually enjoy visiting them share one quiet trait that isn't kindness or generosity — it's that they stopped treating every visit as an audit of how often their children call, and the pressure they released is the exact reason their children started coming back on their own

Apr 21, 2026 Jordan Cooper

Psychology says people who genuinely don’t care what others think aren’t cold - they’ve reached a level of self-trust most people spend a lifetime chasing

Apr 21, 2026 Lachlan Brown

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 got rid of half my belongings this year and the surprise wasn't the freedom, it was the grief — because once the closets emptied out, I had to finally sit with the woman who had been filling them, and she's been lonely a long time and I've spent decades using shopping to avoid meeting her

Apr 21, 2026 Marlene Martin

I grew up in the 1960s and the thing nobody talks about is that we weren't just raised differently — we were raised by people who had survived actual collapse, and that specific fear got handed down so quietly that most of us didn't realize we were carrying it until we were 65 and still couldn't throw anything away

Apr 21, 2026 Avery White

Psychology says people who automatically push their chair in when they leave a table aren't just being tidy — they're operating from a deep internalized sense that their presence in a space should leave no burden on the next person, and that impulse was almost never taught, it was absorbed from a home where consideration was the only currency that mattered

Apr 21, 2026 Avery White

An elderly couple sits with their two dogs on a wooden porch, sharing a peaceful moment outdoors.

Psychology says the loneliest people over 65 aren't the ones who live alone they're the ones who wake up next to someone every morning and have nothing left to say because forty years of shared life became forty years of shared logistics

Apr 21, 2026 Marlene Martin

I'm 70 and I was the youngest of four and my siblings all passed within an eight year span and the loneliness of being the last one isn't the absence of them it's that nobody left on earth remembers me as a child

Apr 21, 2026 Marlene Martin

I'm 37 and I finally stopped waiting for the version of my life that was supposed to start after the next thing — the promotion, the move, the relationship — and realized I'd been living in a waiting room for a decade

Apr 21, 2026 Lachlan Brown

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 struggle most with retirement aren't the ones who loved their careers — they're the ones who used work to avoid being alone with themselves, and retirement didn't take their job, it took the disguise, and now they have to meet the person they were working so hard not to become

Apr 21, 2026 Marlene Martin

I'm 70 and the single biggest life lesson I've learned is one I'm terrified to tell my kids, which is that almost nothing I worked so hard for actually mattered — and the things I dismissed as small are what I think about now

Apr 21, 2026 Marlene Martin

Psychology says the parents whose adult children actually enjoy visiting them share one quiet trait that isn't kindness or generosity — it's that they stopped treating every visit as an audit of how often their children call, and the pressure they released is the exact reason their children started coming back on their own

Apr 21, 2026 Jordan Cooper

Psychology says people who genuinely don’t care what others think aren’t cold - they’ve reached a level of self-trust most people spend a lifetime chasing

Apr 21, 2026 Lachlan Brown

I got rid of half my belongings this year and the surprise wasn't the freedom, it was the grief — because once the closets emptied out, I had to finally sit with the woman who had been filling them, and she's been lonely a long time and I've spent decades using shopping to avoid meeting her

Apr 21, 2026 Marlene Martin

I grew up in the 1960s and the thing nobody talks about is that we weren't just raised differently — we were raised by people who had survived actual collapse, and that specific fear got handed down so quietly that most of us didn't realize we were carrying it until we were 65 and still couldn't throw anything away

Apr 21, 2026 Avery White