Dylan Miedema reflects on time at world butchery competition

TOWNSEND—Local butcher Dylan Miedema recently returned home from Paris, France, where he competed in the international World Butcher’s Challenge 2025, a competition often referred to as the ‘Olympics of Butchery’. As a member of Team Canada, Miedema competed in the Young Butcher category, an individual competition in which participants have two-and-a-half hours to butcher, garnish, and display a variety of…