Andrea Blum Email & Phone Number

Occidental, California, United States

Saratoga, CA

Founder of a visual atlas, journal and procurer of American artisan food and drink. It's both a storytelling platform for makers and a site to create private and public events. MAP uses design, video, photography, social media and events to explore and connect us all through good food and great storytelling.

Saratoga, CA

Culinary fellow at Montalvo Arts Center, a non profit art center and residency in Silicon Valley combining my culinary, journalism, event planning and social media skills.Created and cooked daily meals to artists and patrons of the arts, trustees and guests from all over the world. Organized events for patrons of the arts, artists and donors. Curated the.

Blog focusing on the stories told around an artist table

North Adams

Author of the Ciderhouse Cookbook which teaches home cooks how to make a full array of traditional cider products, including cider syrups, molasses, vinegars, shrubs, and switchels, as well as apple preserves. The 127 cider-enriched recipes that follow are simple yet elegant, ranging from Oven-Roasted Asparagus with Garlicky Apple Vinaigrette to Braised.

San Francisco Bay Area

Covering agriculture and development issues, climate change, national parks, national and regional marine issues, water quality, wildlife, and emerging technologies related to solving environmental problems. Reportage included profiles, features, and hard news stories and involved explaining complex scientific and environmental issues to an educated.

Bloomfield, CA

Charged in communicating and developing a culinary program of community-supported agriculture for an organic farm serving the Bay Area. Responsibilities include: communications strategies with clients, food and drink artisans, non-profits, and chefs, editing, writing, and research support for the website and other external communications in social media.

Pier 9 San Francisco

Creation and design of prototypes using state of the art machines and software.

San Rafael

Participant in early-stage business incubator providing an intensive acceleration process for innovative, scalable and environmentally conscience companies from diverse clean tech industries.

Marin County

Staff position. Covered breaking news and investigative stories on the environment. Coverage included renewable energy, agriculture, water quality, science, aquaculture, climate change and other stories affecting local and national policy.

Italy

Cucina Mondiale is a cooking and cultural “school” that brings international clients to unique areas of Italy to explore food, farming, producers and wines of the region. It focuses on the cultural ties to the land, both familial and generational as well as the the appreciation of cultural sites and beauty. The school is seasonal. Clients stay at working.

Dominican Republic

Workshop intensive exploring the nexus between science, economics and environmental reporting under the guidance of Don Melnick co-chair of the UN task force on Environmental Sustainability who led the group of journalists, economists and scientists on the UN Development Goals. The fellowship explored effective ways to communicate complex issues and data.

San Francisco

KQED Radio News reporter

Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina

Reporter and photographer for the newspaper

Columbia University, New York

Master Of Science (Ms), Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts, Art History, Criticism And Conservation