EU enlargement has combined two very different patterns of organic farming development under one market and policy framework. An approach to policy learning and innovation is presented. In the effort in bringing together stakeholders of the organic and general agricultural policy sector within the EU in Mai 2004 groups of stakeholders met for structured workshops in 11 European countries with the objective to formulate policy recommendations for the development of the organic farming sector. This contribution presents the synthesized results from all national workshops highlighting the current situation of organic farming policy in Europe and providing recommendations for future policy design.