Steiner, provided ideas for the development of many practical activities including; education, agriculture, medicine, economics, architecture, science, religion and the arts. Agriculture covers: The evolving human being; Cosmos as the source of life; Plants and the living earth; Farms and the realms of nature; Bringing the chemical elements to life; Soil and the world of spirit; Supporting and regulating life processes; Spirits of the elements; Nutrition and vitality; Responsibility for the future.