July 6, 2004 Horizon Organic Executive Joins Dakota Beef!
	July 1, 2004 Dakota Beef in USA Today!
	June 25, 2004 Meat processing plant hopes to be open before August
	May 10, 2004 Exec transfers his skill to organic beef startup
	May 5, 2004 Organic Takes Center Stage In Chicago New Organic Meat, Low-Carb & Convenience Foods Premier at All Things Organic™
	May 5, 2004 New products whittle away the carbs
	April 28, 2004 Dakota Beef commits to Heifer International as Corporate Sponsor
	March 12, 2004 Dakota Beef Announces the Appointment of Steve Lavey as Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer
	March 1, 2004 Dakota Beef signs with Hain Celestial for Organic Baby Food Line   Full Text Below
	December 30, 2003 Massachusetts Architect to Design Organic Feed Facility
	December 27, 2003 Dakota Beef responds to Mad Cow Crisis
	October 14, 2003 The acquisition of the company’s first of three planned processing facilities in Howard, South Dakota.
	June 27, 2003 Dakota Beef Applauds McDonald's Antibiotic Reduction Policy
	May 26. 2003 No BSE found in organic livestock production.
	May 21, 2003 Dakota Beef Supports Efforts to Contain Mad Cow Disease in Canada
	May 15, 2003 Dakota Beef Goes Global to Encourage Domestic Organic Beef Production.

Dakota Beef Signs with Hain Celestial for Organic Baby Food Line

CHICAGO, IL, March 1, 2004 - Dakota Beef LLC today announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN) to provide organic beef for its Earth's Best baby food brand. Earth's Best is the #1 organic baby food sold in natural food stores.

"This is the ultimate compliment for our 100 percent organic beef," says Scott Lively, president and CEO of Dakota Beef. "We are excited in light of today's stringent climate that Hain Celestial, a major branded food company, trusts our beef so highly they are willing to use it to feed infants."

The Hain Celestial Group, headquartered in Melville, NY, is the world's leading natural, specialty, and snack food company. The Company is a leader in 13 of the top 15 natural food categories, with such well-known natural food brands as Celestial Seasonings® teas, Hain Pure Foods®, Westbrae Natural®, Westsoy®, Arrowhead Mills®, and Health Valley®. The Hain Celestial Group's website can be found at www.hain-celestial.com.

Dakota Beef LLC is a privately-held, vertically-integrated organic beef company producing private label certified organic beef for both national retailers and food service industries. The company only sells certified organic beef products. Our cattle are never administered antibiotics or growth-promoting hormones, and are fed a strict vegetarian diet that never contains any animal by-products. Dakota Beef's breeding stock is 100% beef cattle. The company never uses Holstein or Dairy Cattle. The Dakota Beef Company website can be found at www.dakotabeefcompany.com

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