The New American Cash Crop: Tourists

Savvy farmers open the gate to agritourism

How rich is the smell of fermenting manure on Joel Salatin's Shenandoah Valley spread?

A thousand bucks for a few whiffs.

That's what Salatin, 51, the second-generation owner of Polyface Farm, commands for a two-hour, personally escorted tour of what may be the most famous family-owned pastures in America.