Full Name
Miss Nicole Ryane Johnson
Business or Org Name
L4S Farms & Fightingville Fresh Market
Title
Co-Owner
Speaker Bio
Nicole Ryane Johnson is a homeschooling mom, farmer, and community leader based in Lafayette, Louisiana. Together with her life and business partner, Trey, Nicole homesteads and runs L4S Farms, where they grow medicinal herbs, mainly ginger and various types of turmeric, using sustainable farming practices. She is also the co-founder of Fightingville Fresh Market, a twice-weekly neighborhood farmers market in downtown Lafayette that brings fresh, local food to an underserved community while supporting small-scale growers.
In addition to farming, Nicole owns CPR 2 Geaux, an emergency medical and safety training company that provides life-saving skills to businesses and individuals across Louisiana. She is passionate about empowering her community through self-sufficiency and fostering connections between local food, health, and sustainability.
Nicole is a Business Management and Marketing graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a recent graduate of Leadership Lafayette (#SoSoLit36), and an alumna of the Louisiana Food Fellow program. She serves on the board of the Acadiana Food Alliance (AFA), a regional organization supporting food and farming initiatives; the steering committee of the Louisiana Small Scale Agriculture Coalition (LSSAC), a statewide coalition strengthening small-scale agriculture; and the board of TownFolk, a nonprofit improving quality of life for residents and businesses in the historic LaPlace neighborhood of Lafayette.
Through her work with these organizations, Nicole is dedicated to building stronger, more sustainable food systems while fostering collaboration, resilience, and community pride. By integrating family, farming, and entrepreneurship, she seeks to inspire others to connect with their food, their community, and the land, showing that resilient food systems and thriving communities grow from deeply rooted connections and collaboration.
In addition to farming, Nicole owns CPR 2 Geaux, an emergency medical and safety training company that provides life-saving skills to businesses and individuals across Louisiana. She is passionate about empowering her community through self-sufficiency and fostering connections between local food, health, and sustainability.
Nicole is a Business Management and Marketing graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a recent graduate of Leadership Lafayette (#SoSoLit36), and an alumna of the Louisiana Food Fellow program. She serves on the board of the Acadiana Food Alliance (AFA), a regional organization supporting food and farming initiatives; the steering committee of the Louisiana Small Scale Agriculture Coalition (LSSAC), a statewide coalition strengthening small-scale agriculture; and the board of TownFolk, a nonprofit improving quality of life for residents and businesses in the historic LaPlace neighborhood of Lafayette.
Through her work with these organizations, Nicole is dedicated to building stronger, more sustainable food systems while fostering collaboration, resilience, and community pride. By integrating family, farming, and entrepreneurship, she seeks to inspire others to connect with their food, their community, and the land, showing that resilient food systems and thriving communities grow from deeply rooted connections and collaboration.
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