Extension Offering Biodiesel Training in Belle Mina, Saturday, March 31

Mark Hall, an alternative energy expert and an Alabama Cooperative Extension System regional agent located in Huntsville, is putting finishing touches on a workshop, scheduled Saturday, March 31, that will demonstrate how do-it-yourselfers can make their own biodiesel from waste vegetable oil.

The first presentation, scheduled for 8:30 a.m., will be repeated at 10:30 a.m. The site for the March 31 workshop is the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center in Belle Mina, located near Huntsville.

Hall and his cousin, Lance Hall, will serve as instructors for the one-day seminar. Lance, a Redstone Arsenal Engineer, is an old hand with biodiesel manufacturing and customizing