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PURPLE Secretary General, Vincent O'Connell wss successful in a application to participate in the fourth Farm to Fork Forum on agri-food vakue chains: an event hosted by the EU CAP Network in Brussels on October 10th.

During group discussions, O'Connell highlighted the vital contribution of peri-urban locations and actors at multiple points of the food systems value chain, highlighting not only peri-urban growers, but also the prepondernce of food processing and logistics related activities which occur in peri-urban settings, as well as the key role such location play in the management of food waste.