The Buffalo Farm
חוות הבופאלו
Deli or food maker
85 HaMeyasdim Street, Moshav Bitzaron, Bitzaron
A family buffalo farm and dairy at the edge of moshav Bitzaron, the first in Israel to make cheese from buffalo milk, with a farm shop, a visitor centre and a tasting meal for two
The Buffalo Farm is the work of Hagai and Irit Treister, who, its site says, tasted buffalo yogurt on a trip to Italy and went from one government office and council to another until a young buffalo herd arrived in Israel in 1995 and the dairy opened in moshav Bitzaron, near Gedera. The family learned to make the cheeses in dairies in Latina and Campania, and the dairy makes mozzarella, ricotta, soft cheeses, labneh, Safed-style cheese and yogurts from the herd's milk; a new barn for the herd was built at the end of 2010, and the extended family works on the farm. The shop beside the dairy sells the whole range with ripened cheeses from local dairies, pasta, wine, olive oil, olives and antipasti, and a frozen buffalo yogurt that its site says is sold only there; customers who arrive while the ricotta is being made get it warm. The yard has tables and benches for eating on the spot, children can watch the buffalo, a tasting meal for two is served every day until 13:00, and the visitor centre, by booking, shows a short film, serves a tasting and takes visitors to the barn with the farmer.
What happens here
- Every day until 13:00
- Tasting meal for two
A tasting meal for two of the farm's cheeses, served daily until 13:00; details from the visitor centre's number.
Without a room
- By booking
- The visitor centre
A short film, a tasting of the cheeses and a visit to the barn with the farmer, who talks about raising buffalo; a booking can be cancelled up to 48 hours ahead.
As published on the farm's website, read 2026-10-05.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 14:00
- Kosher
- Unknown
- Seating
- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair
- The statement covers the website: level AA of Israeli standard 5568, screen readers, text size, contrast and keyboard navigation; it says nothing about the farm itself
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Takeaway
- Good for families
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not The Buffalo Farm itself.
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Thursday | 08:30-17:00 |
|---|---|
| Friday | 08:30-14:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:56 PMShabbat ends 6:51 PM
As published on the farm's website, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
The farm shop's hours on the farm's own site, which says the shop is closed on Saturday. The regional council's tourism site gives shorter hours, Sunday to Thursday 8:30 to 14:00 and Friday 8:30 to 13:00.
Location
85 HaMeyasdim Street, Moshav Bitzaron, Bitzaron60946
- Train: Yavne - East7.3 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 348 mlines 27, 28, 36, 37, 38, 38א, 336, 340
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About The Buffalo Farm
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 6 days a week; on Friday it closes at 14:00.
- 7.3 km from Yavne - East stationBus stops within 375 m: העולים/3922, ביצרון ה׳.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
The Buffalo Farm is a deli or food maker at 85 HaMeyasdim Street, Moshav Bitzaron in Bitzaron, in the Southern District. Behind it: founder Hagai Treister and founder Irit Treister.
Hours, as listed on the farm's website on 5 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 08:30 to 17:00, Friday 08:30 to 14:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Yavne - East, 7.3 km away. The nearest bus stops are העולים/3922 (348 m), ביצרון ה׳ (375 m).
Its home page says all its products are kosher under the Nahal Sorek religious department, and its visitor centre page says the dairy's kashrut is from the Bnei Ayish local council; no certificate is shown, and the Be'er Tuvia religious council publishes no list of supervised businesses on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company. Be'er Tuvia Regional Council does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
חוות הבופאלו, הינה מחלבה ייחודית וראשונה בארץ המייצרת גבינות מחלב בופאלה. המחלבה הינה משפחתית בתוך משק חקלאי פעיל ומטופח.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its home page says all its products are kosher under the Nahal Sorek religious department, and its visitor centre page says the dairy's kashrut is from the Bnei Ayish local council; no certificate is shown, and the Be'er Tuvia religious council publishes no list of supervised businesses on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal. bufalo.co.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings bufalo.co.il2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its site names no company, and no company called Chavat HaBufalo (חוות הבופאלו) is in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Bitzaron are licensed by the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, whose business promotion and licensing department publishes its licensing procedures, the forms an application needs, the conditions for licensing eating places and the 374-shekel licensing fee, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. beer-tuvia.org.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | חוות הבופאלו / The Buffalo Farm | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 85 HaMeyasdim Street, Moshav Bitzaron | beer-tuvia-tourism.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.7957228, 34.7471645 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | Farm shop, extension 5 08-857-4508 | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | Visitor centre and tasting meals 054-249-0141 | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | bufalo.co.il | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 08:30 to 17:00, Friday 08:30 to 14:00, Saturday closed | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Tasting meal for two | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Visits without a room | The visitor centre | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | Unknown | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | The statement covers the website: level AA of Israeli standard 5568, screen readers, text size, contrast and keyboard navigation; it says nothing about the farm itself | bufalo.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Yavne - East 7.3 km; העולים/3922 348 m; ביצרון ה׳ 375 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its site names no company, and no company called Chavat HaBufalo (חוות הבופאלו) is in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Bitzaron are licensed by the Be'er Tuvia Regional Council, whose business promotion and licensing department publishes its licensing procedures, the forms an application needs, the conditions for licensing eating places and the 374-shekel licensing fee, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | beer-tuvia.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the farm's website | bufalo.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | bufalo.co.il | Linked, not copied |
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