Save TDF - Lock 25 Hectares as Tokenised Commons in Portugal
- Raised
- $1,200
- Next milestone
- $1,500
Traditional Dream Factory (TDF) is a regenerative, tokenised village in Abela, Portugal — 25 hectares of farmland, historic buildings, and forest being restored by a community of 120 nomadic and grounded citizens. We're 1h15 south of Lisbon, and we're proving that regenerative living works.
What makes TDF unique: TDF is one of the only places in the world where regenerative agriculture, co-living, a farm-to-table restaurant, makerspace and artist studios, and tokenised governance all live on the same land. Members hold tokens that represent both stewardship of the land and a voice in how it's run — a DAO prototype for how the next generation of villages can be collectively owned and governed. And once the land is locked into a perpetual commons, it can never be sold, developed, or lost.
What we've already built: Degraded land, now alive. 4,000+ trees rooted. Water flowing. Wildlife back. Food grown and shared at the table. Art residencies, a working DAO, and a culture woven from scratch. Our core team lives on the land they're building — farmers, technologists, artists, and community builders who chose this place as home.
And it's just the beginning.
We need your help right now to help us secure the land. In 2020, we signed a lease with option to buy. The terms are very favorable in today's real estate prices. Now it's time to execute it.
Dec 2026: €500K — Secures our right to buy the 25ha land before the option expires. If we miss this window, we lose the option entirely.
TDF isn't just a farm or a retreat. It's a scalable blueprint — a working prototype for how degraded land can be healed, how villages can be collectively owned, and how hospitality can fund regeneration instead of extracting from it.
Help us lock the land forever.
