Look, if the Israelis can do large-scale agriculture in their homeland (which is mostly desert anyway), why not apply what the Israelis learned to California?
A lot of Californians want to boycott Israel along with their good ideas.
Because the Israelis don't have options, we do.
If I wanted to start a bottled water company, would you suggest that I base out of Minnesota or Death Valley?
The only thing that has made California economically viable for agriculture is dirt cheap illegal labor.