Save TDF - Lock 25 Hectares as Tokenised Commons in Portugal
- Raised
- $100
- Next milestone
- $150
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.
We have two deadlines that decide whether TDF survives — and what it becomes.
By August 15, 2026 — €500K
Secure the buildings before another winter destroys them.
- €250K — Secure our right to buy the buildings before the option expires. This includes architecture and engineering fees. If we miss this window, we lose the option entirely.
- €150K — Weatherproof and power the buildings with solar. We've negotiated a special at-cost deal on panels at a moment when solar prices are rising. We're stacking functionality by using the panels as an extra waterproofing layer over the roofs — preventing another year of rain damage — while generating €600+ in monthly energy income as we establish a microgrid in Abela.
- €150K — Begin renovations on the historic farm buildings so they're ready for guests by next season.
If we miss August 15, we lose the option to buy, and another winter further damages the historic buildings we've spent years restoring.
By June 2027 — €1.5M total
Become a fully self-sustaining regenerative ecotourism business — and lock the land forever.
- €150K — Build the revenue engine: commercial kitchen, 30-seat farm-to-table restaurant, and 4 creative studios.
- €150K — Complete the historic farm building renovations into 12 en-suite rooms, dorms, and a 3-bedroom house — full licensed ecotourism capacity.
- €550K — Purchase the land and lock all 25 hectares into a perpetual commons. Forever protected. Never sold, never developed.
- €150K — Community, team, and operations runway through 2027 to bring everything online.
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.
