Derek Mills grows heirloom apples with his wife, Lisa, at their Hocking Hills Orchard in southeastern Ohio. Derek shares, “My father retired from the U.S. Air Force and I was in the U.S. Army so I have lived all around the world. Everywhere I have lived I enjoyed eating the local produce and exploring the region. In the mid-1980s I read a story about George Washington’s favorite apple. I wrote the author of the article to ask him how he knew that particular bit of information. He (who it was escapes me now, I think it was Henry Converse) told me about NAFEX and the goal of the group. I joined and one thing led to another. I grafted Newtown Pippin, then Esopus Spitzenberg, then Black Gilliflower, and so on. Today I grow 1,800 apple varieties from countries all around the world.” Find Derek and his apples on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HockingHillsOrchard/