Yesssss kartoffelpuffer from my Nana!!
I think you can get Beal from speciality butchers. I think there was a bit of an outcry about how they were treated and they put in stricter regs. I don't know, maybe it's just not on my radar as we don't eat much meat and I've been vegetarian mostly
Are those potato pancakes? I love everything made with potatoes!!!! (except mashed potatoes, I don't know why)
Yes, and anyway, farming conditions are bad pretty much everywhere in the world. In general, I try to buy from breeders directly whom I know or who are recommended to me by others. It's much more sensible.
And indeed, I think it's really important to eat less meat. I'm not a big meat eater. Generally, once a week. Which I believe is very reasonable, but it depends on the point of view.
It's really a food that needs to be thought about, first because for this food you have to take the life of a living being, and also because most of the farming conditions are atrocious