Chapter 21A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 29. One half of the total amount of funds expended by the office, for food security infrastructure grant programs, shall be spent directly on physical infrastructure projects to benefit the commercial seafood and agricultural industries. Eligible physical infrastructure projects shall include, but not be limited to, on-vessel based and land-based automatic processing machines; refrigerated vehicles and storage facilities; on-vessel and land-based implementations to upgrade energy efficiency, lower carbon footprints and improve operational efficiencies; wash and pack stations; agricultural storage facilities; high tunnels and greenhouses; implementations to upgrade energy efficiency, lower carbon footprints and improve operational efficiencies of irrigation, tractors and like implements.