McCarty offers tips on freezer organization in Press Herald article
A Portland Press Herald article on organizing your freezer to reduce waste includes advice from Kate McCarty, a food preservationist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. In a freezer, you can safely store food over long periods of time, cutting back on waste, according to the article. McCarty recommends storing food in glass canning jars, as opposed to plastic, which is harmful to the environment. Since foods expand in the freezer, she says, each glass jar should have about half an inch of leftover space, the article states. To cut down on labeling, McCarty suggests using specific containers for certain items, or packing smaller portions of unlabeled items in one larger, labeled bag.