Meet Cinda Williams Sustainable Ag Coordinator



Cinda is the University of Idaho's Sustainable Agriculture Coordinator, working on the Moscow campus in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. She has worked in sustainable agriculture at the college since 1994 and has served as the Western SARE liaison for Idaho since 1996.

Cinda helps to organize and conduct professional development workshops, tours and conferences related to sustainable agriculture, including everything from composting, direct marketing, organic production, soil quality, and agricultural entrepreneurship.  She has helped develop satellite broadcasts, videos and curriculum related to sustainable agriculture education and has been a reviewer for all three types of SARE grants.

Cinda was a co-founder of Rural Roots, a nonprofit small acreage farming group in Idaho and eastern Washington, serving as technical advisor since 1999. She has helped form a longstanding collaboration between Rural Roots and University of Idaho Extension, including organizing and offering multiple workshops, farm tours and small farm conferences and helping to garner support for several grant funded projects including USDA IFAFS Direct Marketing for Small Farms research grant, a Higher Education Challenge Grant to develop a certificate program for Sustainable Small Acreage Farming and Ranching, and a Western SARE PDP grant for outreach and training on the Cultivating Success curriculum.

In addition to her work with SARE and Rural Roots, she is currently co-leader of the UI CALS Small Acreage Team and is also the state co-coordinator for the USDA Small Farm Program.  She teaches a course for UI students and community members on “Sustainable Small Acreage Farming and Ranching” and is a co-instructor for WSU/UI summer field course on “Field Analysis of Sustainable Food Systems.”

Cinda received both her B.S. and M.S. degrees from U of Idaho in Plant Science/Horticulture.  Her previous work experience includes 4 years as a Horticulture and 4-H Extension Educator, 4 years in a Forest Service Soil Health laboratory and two years as a Horticulturist at a plant nursery.  Cinda lives with her husband and two boys in Troy, Idaho.

Contact Info

Cinda Williams
Latah County Courthouse

522 S. Adams, Room 208

PO Box 8068

Moscow, ID 83843

Phone: 208-883-2267

Fax:  208-883-2279

E-mail: cindaw@uidaho.edu