Researchers at the University of Nevada have developed a new process for producing biodiesel from commercial feather meal. The process is described in their paper published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Kondamudi N, Strull J, Misra M and Mohapatra S. (2009). A Green Process for Producing Biodiesel from Feather Meal. Agric. Food Chem., 2009, 57 (14), pp 6163 - 6166. This paper describes a new and environmentally friendly process for developing biodiesel from commercial feather meal, a waste product of the poultry industry. Currently, feather meal is used as an animal feed, given its high protein content, and also as a fertilizer because of its high nitrogen content. The paper may be downloaded here. (This is a pay service.)