The college meal plan scam is one of the darkest corners of our food system. Schools require freshmen to buy meal plans—locking them into on-campus fast food and highly processed, pesticide-loaded cafeteria food cooked in seed oils. The same 3 mega corporations that supply prisons, hospitals, and the military—Chartwells, Sodexo, and Aramark—control 83% of campus food through a kickback system where brands like Tyson pay up to 50% cash back on wholesale while paying schools for exclusive contract