Last spring, when many Ukrainians were leaving the country, Lucas Wilcox was on his way in. He had a mission: to build large off-grid kitchens to feed Ukrainian refugees.
Last spring, when many Ukrainians were It was mid-April, Russia had invaded eastern Ukraine two months earlier, and the 40-year-old Homer resident was on a train to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. He had a mission: to build large off-grid kitchens to feed Ukrainian refugees.
The idea for the organization came to Wilcox more than a decade ago while he was a student at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer. ARK’s goal, Wilcox said, is to provide large amounts of food and supplies in off-grid areas that might not have access to fuel or running water during hard times, and to be adaptable to a variety of scenarios. He began developing the concept while witnessing tumultuous events happening worldwide.
The field kitchen he helped set up in Ukraine last year, for example, looks like a giant tent. The structure is over 1,300 square feet — large enough to fit a school bus inside.“The tent is made out of recycled drilling equipment, the stoves are made out of recycled steel barrels, the pots are made out of stainless steel kegs,” he said.
Inside ARK’s tent in Lviv, six wood stoves meet in the middle at one large stack, which serves as both a heat source and a means of cooking. He said the kitchen can make 75 to 100 gallons of food at one time, or 30,000 to 50,000 meals a month.
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