[3] The guest rooms' village on a hill nearby was built on the grounds of the abandoned Nahal settlement Ya'alon.

Neot Smadar is as an organic community featuring architecturally unique buildings with passive cooling towers.

The economy is based on agriculture, with 500 dunams of organically cultivated vineyards (origin of the place name), deciduous trees, olives, date plantations and an herb garden.

[4] Olive oil is produced in a cold press set up with assistance from ICA and Israel's Ministry of Industry and Trade in 2001.

Its roadside restaurant, Pundak Neot Smadar, offers vegetarian food and sells the kibbutz's organic products.