Production and organic food market in Poland and Switzerland.

The aim of the study was to show the production and the market of organic food in Poland, with an emphasis of production and Swiss market. The choice of countries was intentional. Switzerland was chosen because it is a country which monitors one of the highest part of farms and surface of organic fields in Europe. In this country, a great number of actions supporting the development of agriculture and the market of organic food has been carried on for many years. The study of the ''Bioland Schweiz'' vision is one of the actions taken by the ''Biossuisse'' association. Thanks to the vision, the organic brand of Knospe received its own national symbol – a flag. The analysis of the market was performed on the basis of the data from 2004-2009. It was found that in this period, the studies took place in, the numer of farms and surface of organic fields in Poland had grown up, while in Switzerland there was a slight fall of them. However, in Switzerland, the sale and purchase of organic food. In chosen countries, the structure of organic food sale was different.