[5] Overwhelmed with producing and distributing the magazine from his home, in the early 1980s Obis sought a publisher and sold an 80% ownership share to New York publisher Associated Business Publications (ABP) in exchange for assuming $6000 in debt and two bags of unopened mail and agreeing to continue the publication.

In 1990, Obis and Rogers sold the magazine to Cowles Media, The owner of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, for $10 million.

[11] In 1999, Sabot Publishing near Richmond, Virginia, purchased the publication from Primedia in Manhattan, New York, who had only owned the magazine for 18 months at the time of its sale.

Prior to joining Vegetarian Times, Turner was the Managing Editor of Natural Health magazine.

[14] Turner separated from Vegetarian Times in 2015 to become Editor in Chief of Forks Over Knives, a vegan outreach portal associated with the work of T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyn.

[16] The online website is operated and owned by Active Interest Media (AIM) who specialize in "niche enthusiast magazines".

[3] Brittany Martin was hired to edit Vegetarian Times in the summer of 2021[17] and has overseen a rebrand and relaunch of the now digital-only publication.