Dear all, A very interesting "INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM: Sustainable Diets -- Human Nutrition and Livestock," will take place in Mongolia, 12-16 June 2013, see attached announcement. The programme will address a wide range of issues including meat and dairy in human nutrition; environmental impacts of consumption and production of milk and meat; breed differences in nutrient contents of milk and meat; nutrient content of milk and meat from neglected and under-utilized livestock species; effects of grasslands biodiversity on the nutrient content of meat and dairy; high quality protein alternatives to meat/dairy. A longer list of topics can be found on the conference website: http://www.sustainablediets2013.mn/ The call for abstracts has just been issued, with a closing date of 20 March 2013. Hope to see many of you there. Please on-forward to relevant listservs, blogs, etc. Regards, Barbara Burlingame ________________________________________________________ Barbara Burlingame, PhD Principal Nutrition Officer (ESND) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome ITALY Tel: +39-06-570-53728 Email: [log in to unmask] Skype: barbara.burlingame ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1