Food

Whether you’re backpacking, bikepacking, trail running, cycling, or whatever the heck else it is you do, it’s kinda important to keep your body fueled and engine running. Almost as important as staying hydrated. But a lot of easy, tasty options out there for fueling quickly on the go aren’t vegan, including some energy gummies and chews (many contain gelatin, which is made of fish or animal bones). Fortunately, there are some baller and delicious vegan energy chews out there for the plant-based crowd. Huzzah! Here are 5 that we’ve tried and why we dig ’em.

The best snacks for hiking aren’t always the best snacks for the planet. Take jerky, for example: a perennial hiker favorite, is made from animal protein and therefore extremely harmful to the environment. Other snacks, like trail mix, are packaged in wasteful single-serve bags. Even multi-serving hiking snacks are almost always sold in single-use plastic or foil-lined bags. So if you’re looking for more sustainable snacks to keep you fueled on the trail, check out these snacks in compostable packaging for more sustainable snacking.

Long Beach Peninsula is the chillest of chill destinations in Washington State. You could spend a whole weekend (or a whole week) doing nothing but wandering, reading, and cycling along …

Those freeze-dried backcountry meals you get at REI are great, but vegan options are sadly in short supply. Build your own dang backcountry meal kit with these vegan backpacking meal staples …

I. Love. Brunch. But honestly, who doesn’t? Maybe that makes me a hipster or conjures up images of rich white people sipping mimosas, but that’s not me (well, maybe the hipster …

You’d expect to find good coffee in Washington State, wouldn’t you? So it shouldn’t be hard to find the best coffee in Spokane, Washington’s second largest city. After all, it’s …

Honestly, I have a hard time deciding what to call the cuisine Lick It Up passes through that food trailer window. I suppose it’s Mexican. Made by someone who knows Mexican …