
Four Generations of Food Industry Excellence
September Farm is owned and operated by David and Roberta Rotelle.
David represents the fourth generation of his family to serve the food
business. His great-grandfather came from Italy to the United States in
the late 1800's and operated a small general store in Ambler, PA in the
early 1900's. Next, David's grandfather and his brother sold fruits and
vegtables door to door in the days before chain stores. Eventually,
through wholesale customers, they built Rotelle Incorporated, a food
distribution company that grew to seven garages worth of warehouse
space where David's father, August, continued to serve the foodservice
industry. The business moved to Springhouse, PA, then later West Point, PA,
where their operations were on one hundred acres and included the largest,
independently owned freezer in the United States. In the mid 1900s,
the business was sold to a large food distributor in Richmond, VA.
Cheese-making and dairy farming now extend the Rotelle family name in
the food industry to a fourth generation. Roberta and David are
personally committed to producing the highest quality dairy products.
Roberta holds a food service management degree from the University of
New Hampshire. David and Roberta are licensed in cheese making from
the University of Wisconsin.
