By Zuri Sabir

For Fruits and Roots owners Damon Brangman and Jackie Richardson, Ithaca roots run deep. Before meeting each other, they had Ithaca in common.

Jackie, a Rochester native and Fredonia State University graduate, came to Ithaca in 2000 and decided to stay for a while, liking the relaxed, friendly vibe here. A year later she was living in Brooklyn pursuing a master's in art education, wh...