便宜的粮食，和便宜的石油，恐怕都是很遥远的往事了。

Cheap food, like cheap oil, may be a thing of the past.

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但是，到底还有多少可以做的事，目前尚不明朗。便宜的粮食，和便宜的石油，恐怕都是很遥远的往事了。

But it's not clear how much can be done. Cheap food, like cheap oil, may be a thing of the past.

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这是因为要建造和维持这些农场的开销相当大（因为它们大都建在高租金地段），且其他地方生产的粮食也相对便宜。

This is because they are costly to develop and maintain (since they are in high-rent areas) and the product—food—is already made cheaply elsewhere.

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