The Strauss family came from Germany. In 1936 Richard Strauss immigrated to Palestine with his son Michel and his wife Hilda. He didn't have any Agriculture experience; he was a doctor for business and economy.

At first, the Strauss family lived in Richard brother's Meshek in Be'er Toovya.
After a while they decided to build there own Meshek in the lands of Nahariya.
On that time Nahariya only had a water tower, 2 roads and some houses.

After some time the Meshek became an important place for milk in the whole area, the cowshed expanded and became the main dairy in Nahariya and its symbol was an Ostrich, Strauss in German.

The Strauss first ice-cream machine was bought in 1946, and within 16 years Staruss became one of the biggest ice-cream companies in Israel.