Table of Table of Contents: 1. Classification of the Bio-Economy Sectors from a Sustainable Development Perspective (Paulina Tuka); 2. Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Rural Areas in European Union (Piotr Bórawski, James W Dunn, Krzysztof Jankowski, Kazimierz Krzysztof Bloch); 3. The synthetic index as an expression of a process approach to assess the performance of local government (Paweł Dziekański); 4. Unequal Access: An Examination of the Barriers Rural Areas Continue to Face in Broadband Development (Glenn Sterner III, Michael Fortunato, Theodore Alter, William Shuffstall, Jeffrey Bridger); 5. The Effects of Using Structural Funds at the Local Level – The Results of Qualitative Research Among Project Beneficiaries (Iwona Pomianek, Nina Drejerska); 6. Union Funds as the Stimulator of Development of Nonagricultural Business Activities in Poland (Katarzyna Brodzińska); 7. Sustainable Development of Provinces in Poland (Piotr Bórawski, Justyna Balcerzak, Zdzisław Kochanowicz, Rafał Wyszomierski); 8. Awareness and Knowledge of Sustainable Management Policy Among Managers of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (Ireneusz Żuchowski, Mariola Grzybowska-Brzezińska); 9. The role of cooperatives in the development of Poland (Maria Zuba-Ciszewska); 10. Education as a Factor of Development of Rapeseed Farms (Aneta Bełdycka-Bórawska); 11. Farm Adjustment and Sustainability: The Role of Extension (Berkeley Hill, David Blandford); 12. Changing Gravity from Ecological Evaluation to Social Approach in the Site Remediation Assessment (Ivan Forafonov, Mariusz Maciejczak); 13. Renewable energy in the Warmia and Mazury region in Poland (Mariusz J. Stolarski, Andrzej Koniecko, Michał Krzyżaniak, Łukasz Przybylski, Marta Cygan); 14. EU Funds in The Aspect of Sustainable Development of Tourism in Poland (Małgorzata Bogusz, Magdalena Kowalska, Renata Matysik-Pejas); 15. Biofuel Development and Policy in the United States (James W Dunn); 16. Importance of legal and organizational solutions in preventing agro-terrorism in Poland (Małgorzata Szwejkowska, Wojciech Truszkowski)