CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

By and Among

SUN NORTHLAND, LLC

FIRST GENERATION LLC

WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.

ABLECO HOLDING LLC

ARK CLO 2000-1 LIMITED

JOHN SWENDROWSKI

and

NEW HARVEST, INC.

Dated as of September 26, 2005

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CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

        THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as of September 26, 2005 (this Agreement), is made and entered into by and among by and among Sun Northland, LLC (Sun Northland), First Generation LLC (First Generation), Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc. (f/k/a Foothill Capital Corporation) (Wells Fargo), Ableco Holding LLC (Ableco), ARK CLO 2000-1 Limited (ARK CLO), John Swendrowski (Sun Northland, First Generation, Wells Fargo, Ableco, ARK CLO and John Swendrowski sometimes being referred to herein individually as a Contributor and collectively as the Contributors), and New Harvest, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (Company).

RECITALS

        A.            (i) Sun Northland owns 78,844,820 shares of class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (Northland Common Stock), of Northland Cranberries, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (Northland); (ii) First Generation owns 100 shares of Northlands Series B Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (Northland Preferred Stock); (iii) Wells Fargo owns 2,543,053 shares of Northland Common Stock; (iv) Ableco owns a warrant to purchase 2,543,053 shares of Northland Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share; (v) ARK CLO owns 2,115,820 shares of Northland Common Stock; and (vi) John Swendrowski, in his individual capacity, owns 100,370 shares of Northland Common Stock.

        B.            (i) Sun Northland desires to contribute its shares of Common Stock to Company in return for an equal number of shares of Companys common stock, $0.01 par value per share (Company Common Stock); (ii) First Generation desires to contribute its shares of Preferred Stock to Company in return for an equal number of shares of Companys Series A Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (Company Preferred Stock); (iii) Wells Fargo desires to contribute its shares of Common Stock to Company in return for an equal number of shares of Company Common Stock; (iv) Ableco desires to exercise its warrant and contribute the shares of Common Stock received upon such exercise to the Company in return for an equal number of shares of Company Common Stock; (v) ARK CLO desires to contribute its shares of Common Stock to Company in return for an equal number of shares of Company Common Stock; and (vi) John Swendrowski desires to contribute his shares of Common Stock to Company in return for an equal number of shares of Company Common Stock (such transactions being referred to collectively as the Capital Contributions); and

        C.            On the date hereof, the parties to this Agreement are entering into a Shareholders Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Shareholders Agreement) to provide for certain rights and obligations with respect to their holdings of shares of Company Common Stock following the Capital Contributions; and

        D.            On the date hereof, Company is entering into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the Stock Purchase Agreement) with (i) U.S. Bank National Association (U.S. Bank); and (ii) Mid America Bank, f.s.b. (successor in interest to Mid America Bank, F.S.B.) (Mid America) (U.S. Bank, ARK CLO and Mid America sometimes being referred to herein collectively as the Bank Group), pursuant to which Company will purchase an aggregate of 5,503,167 shares of Northland Common Stock held by the Bank Group at a price of $0.21 cash per share (the Bank Group Purchase).

        E.            It is intended by the parties that the Capital Contributions occur pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in a tax-free exchange under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), on the Closing Date (as such term is defined herein), immediately prior to the Bank Group Purchase;

        F.            Promptly following the Capital Contributions and the Bank Group Purchase, Company will own in excess of 90% of each class of capital stock of Northland and intends to merge into Northland in a short-form merger pursuant to Section 180.1104 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law (the Merger).

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