A team overseeing the growth of soil-free lettuce now has $1,000 to reinvest in its project.The first University of Iowa Frontier-Tippie Sustainability Impact Competition brought together locally grown lettuce, an educational video, and data on sales of sustainable foods.

The creators of these three projects presented their findings April 23 at the Pappajohn Business Building. A panel of three judges selected the group that grew local lettuce as the winner.

The five-member team grew 80 heads of lettuce without soil using a hydroponic system. The group, comprising students studying engineering, political science, and business, received a $1,000 prize