Digestion starts in the mouth where chewing and saliva breaks down food so it is more easily processed by your body. Esophagus: The esophagus is a muscular tube that connects the pharynx (throat) to the stomach. The esophagus contracts as it moves food into the stomach. A âvalveâ called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is located just before the opening to the stomach.
âWhen I was in kindergarten, they took us to a barn, and I remember when I went in and saw the cows and the smell of the barn, I just kind of fell in love,â said Ruffa, who operates family-run Bella Stella Cheese with wife Irma and their four children on a 40-acre plot on Trinity Valley Road.
1 Sierra Nevada Brewing is owned by the American Ken Grossman. He is a co-founder of the brewery.  Anchor Brewing, which has been in operation since 1896, is owned by the American Fritz Maytag, of the Maytag family that once owned the Maytag appliance company.