In the rapidly growing number of organic farms and processing plants in Poland, there is a need for research of the opportunities for development of this management system as well as the barriers that hamper development. This survey was carried out in 2007-2009 in 96 randomly selected organic farms in the Świętokrzyskie Province. The results indicate that when farmers begin the conversion into organic production, especially those with no agricultural education, depend mainly on the financial assistance from the European Union and not on the profits from production. The next problem lies with difficulties in the organization of selling yields on the market and a lack of product promotion. It is also essential to be affiliated with a group of producers, however most producers have difficulties seeing the benefits of participation in such groups. Farmers with agricultural education who lead selling, especially of fruit and vegetables, are less concerned with agricultural advisers. This is most likely due to the poor education of specialist advisers in organic farming.