The Consortium is largely funded by Helen and Alex Woskob

The Consortium is largely funded by Helen and Alex Woskob, two Ukrainian émigré real estate developers, who live in State College, central Pennsylvania. In 1992, the Woskobs established the Center of Ukrainian Agriculture at Penn State, which works with Kyiv’s National University of Life and Environmental Sciences. Deanna Behring, Penn State’s director of international programs, said: “Through this consortium, we will exchange best practices and knowledge that will help remove barriers to success for Ukrainian farmers and rural entrepreneurs.”