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School cafeteria worker resigns after plea deal for sex with minor

A foodservice worker accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student has formally resigned her position.

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Students take Real Food Challenge training

Students are learning how to push colleges to purchase more fairly-traded, humanely raised, ecologically sound items called “real food.”

The panel is asking that people eat less red meat and more plants, due in part to concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, energy, land and water use.

Several schools in McHenry County, Ill., have received awards as part of the national Healthier US School Challenge, which urges the creation of nutrition education programs and increased physical activity.

One school nutrition supervisor says less rushed meal times are crucial to provide students with the opportunity to try different foods.

Many manufacturers are downsizing their equipment to fit smaller foodservice footprints.

The University of Michigan says that by 2025 it will purchase at least 20 percent of its food from producers within a 250-mile radius of Ann Arbor.

Nutritionists emphasize there’s no perfect diet as a new disorder called orthorexia nervosa – an unhealthy obsession with eating healthy - sweeps college campuses.

With the help of school foodservice, students came together in competition to encourage creating healthy, kid-friendly foods.

An Oklahoma teen was arrested after he tried to use counterfeit money to pay for a school lunch.

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